Fire breaks out at Izvestia newspaper building in central Moscow video

Black smoke is billowing from the building on Partiyny Lane in Moscow, which houses the offices of the Russian newspaper Izvestia, one of the country’s long-established media outlets, according to reports from the SHOT Telegram channel.

Emergency services have classified the blaze as having an elevated level of complexity, prompting the deployment of additional firefighting units from the Moscow branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

So far, there has been no information indicating any injuries or casualties.

By Tamilla Hasanova