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| 7 firefighters missing, feared dead in massive fire at Moscow warehouse | 7 firefighters missing, feared dead in massive fire at Moscow warehouse |
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| Seven firefighters have gone missing while putting out a fire at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. | Seven firefighters have gone missing while putting out a fire at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. |
| Contact cannot be established with seven firefighters who were combating the fire. | Contact cannot be established with seven firefighters who were combating the fire. |
| "We are trying to understand what happened to them,” the ministry told TASS. | "We are trying to understand what happened to them,” the ministry told TASS. |
| A police source told TASS the preliminary data indicated that the firefighters were dead. | A police source told TASS the preliminary data indicated that the firefighters were dead. |
| “Their bodies haven’t been located yet. The building is on fire, there is heavy and suffocating smoke from burning plastic materials,” the source added. | “Their bodies haven’t been located yet. The building is on fire, there is heavy and suffocating smoke from burning plastic materials,” the source added. |
| The source also said that during the rescue operation the roof collapsed. The firefighters could be under it, the source said. | |
| The warehouse on fire belongs to the Viktoriya factory. It was used to store artificial flowers, its owner said. The walls inside the building were not fireproof, however, which could be a reason for the rapid spread of the fire. | |
| The warehouse is located in an industrial area in northeast Moscow. |