A series of fires broke out across Russia, including two massive fires in the Moscow region as reported by Russian authorities. The first occurred at a polymer production facility in Obukhovo, covering 8,000 square meters, and the second in Moscow. A woodworking shop in the Chelyabinsk region also caught fire, affecting 1,000 square meters. The largest and most destructive blaze ravaged a Wildberries warehouse in Saint Petersburg, an online retailer compared to Amazon, engulfing 100,000 square meters or 25 acres. Approximately 1,000 employees were present during the shift change when the fire broke out. Reports indicate that Wildberries employees set the fire in response to raids by Putin's OMON Gestapo, which were conducted to conscript people for the invasion of Ukraine. The personnel were evacuated from the building, and the fire spread to an area of 538,200 square feet. The Sberbank building in Moscow also experienced a fire. The south of St. Petersburg was covered in smoke due to the Wildberries warehouse fire, which was suspected to be arson. A faulty wire was mentioned as a cause, and there were claims that employees were not allowed to leave the blazing building until they were searched to prevent theft. The damage from the fire is estimated at approximately 126 million USD, with the affected area reaching 70,000 square meters. Videos from inside the warehouse showed the extent of the fire, and there were reports of the roof collapsing. It was also revealed that Wildberries did not apply for permission to put the warehouse complex into operation, only having received a building permit.
A huge fire tore through a large warehouse used by Russia’s largest online retailer south of St. Petersburg on Saturday morning. Read the full story: https://t.co/O50LzhEN42 https://t.co/iZy7F81e2i
A fire destroyed a large warehouse in St. Petersburg belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries on January 12. (1/5) https://t.co/t0Lsde98fv
Press service of the St Petersburg's State Construction Supervision Authority: Wildberries did not apply for permission to put a warehouse complex in St. Petersburg into operation, where the major fire was extinguished. Only a building permit was received. 1/ https://t.co/qTc6DNimtO
Watch: A huge fire tears through a warehouse belonging to one of #Russia’s biggest online retailers in St. Petersburg. https://t.co/H5qBvFkrnQ https://t.co/XxJLUsDYgW
Massive fire tears through Russian warehouse in St. Petersburg https://t.co/3nLz7BLkq2
🔴 A huge fire has destroyed a large warehouse outside St Petersburg used by Wildberries, the online retailer known as “Russia’s Amazon” https://t.co/y1aup5pt1x
So a warehouse burns down in St.Petersburg and that’s what they decided to post about? 🤣 Not getting absolutely rocked by missiles but a fire in a city 500 miles away 👍🏻 Priorities are not in order lol.
Video: Colossal Warehouse Fire in St. Petersburg https://t.co/eq9CljGeFy
A huge fire spread through a warehouse in St. Petersburg on Jan. 13 belonging to one of Russia's biggest online stores, Wildberries, affecting at least 70,000 square meters of the property. Learn more here: https://t.co/oX2NwYFSEz https://t.co/J92c0HL4Ew
Large warehouse fire in #StPetersburg, #Russia. Image taken today by @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2. Mix of visible light and SWIR. Data processed in @sentinel_hub @Artur_Micek @albafella1 https://t.co/5PdrXNlP3B
What is currently known about the fire at the Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg: ▪️There were 1,200 people in the warehouse at the time the fire started. At least two people were injured. ▪️ One of the preliminary versions of the fire — arson, said a source close to the… https://t.co/7dGqsHsT2Y https://t.co/kA4j7dn5KZ
⚡️ Massive fire sweeps through St. Petersburg warehouse. A huge fire spread through a warehouse in St. Petersburg belonging to one of Russia's biggest online stores, Wildberries, affecting at least 70,000 square meters of property, Russian media reported. https://t.co/oX2NwYFSEz
⚡ 🇷🇺 Large warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia is on fire, from this morning https://t.co/BDF18qvsMS https://t.co/hfjaOGvO4h
A background for understanding today's #fire at Russian "#Wildberries" warehouse in #Petersburg. Russian companies obliged to pay a "slave toll" to the army, delivering a number of recruits. Some companies pay ransoms to protect employees. Wildberries, a Russian clone of Amazon,… https://t.co/me1rvyzvbT
"The roof is collapsing!" — a video from the sixth level of the Wildberries warehouse in Shushary, where the fire broke out, has appeared online. Reportedly, employees were not allowed to freely leave the burning warehouse and were thoroughly searched to prevent theft. https://t.co/0dL6ymVzCN https://t.co/xlobZ7vRCM
Warehouse fire 🔥 near St Petersburg #Shushary https://t.co/PwHDPXquwh
Panic as huge fire destroys vast online shopping warehouse in Russia used as location for recruiting migrant workers for Putin's war in Ukraine amid suspicions of arson https://t.co/nQ871ZAChd https://t.co/3MK9aLkTIr
#RussiaOnFire St.Petersburg, Russia ❗ Giant Black Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥 💨🤌 01/13/2024 - Shushary Wildberries Warehouse on fire!!! Footage of the start of the fire at the Wildberries warehouse, filmed from the first person. https://t.co/ZcZuVRxklb
OMG! This is inside the warehouse that caught fire in Saint Petersburg, Russia and a view from the air. The warehouse is the equivalent to our Amazon type setup. https://t.co/aEVMNnM8Wt
OMG! This inside the warehouse that caught fire in Saint Petersburg, Russia and a view from the air. The warehouse is the equivalent to our Amazon type setup. https://t.co/hqAj0e4EJd
The extent of the fire in a large warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia https://t.co/iAmrlR6sY4
Huge fire rips through Russian warehouse as arson suspected https://t.co/gf48YxicQo https://t.co/bcYlGIojvR
⚡️In the Russian city of St. #Petersburg, a massive fire engulfed the warehouse of the country's major online store, #Wildberries. The fire's area reached 70 thousand square meters, as reported by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. https://t.co/tPbYK7oSri
🚨🇷🇺RUSSIAN WAREHOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY FAULTY WIRE The largest e-commerce company in Russia, Wildberries, reportedly owns the warehouse on fire in St. Petersburg. It is reported employees were not allowed to leave the blazing building until they were searched “to prevent theft.”… https://t.co/2UlhNKmBgS https://t.co/RSH3091gf6
The warehouse of a large online store Wildberries is on fire in St. Petersburg. The area of the fire is 70 thousand square meters, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said Russian media report that the damage from the fire may amount to 10-11 billion rubles (approximately 126… https://t.co/Qnz7IgkHN2
MASSIVE RUSSIAN WAREHOUSE FIRE Over 70,000 square meters of a warehouse complex in St. Petersburg, Russia is on fire. Over 300 firefighters, 12 fire engines, and helicopters are struggling to bring the blaze under control. Source: Reuters Note: Video not confirmed as being… https://t.co/oxuAsAg6Nc
🔥 A big fire near St. Petersburg – 50,000 square meters of warehouse ablaze! We are talking about Wildberries warehouses. Russian media report that arson is considered as one of the main versions of the fire https://t.co/IoGhrWDmPT
Whoahh!! I thought this was an eruption at first. It's just a fire. In Saint Petersburg. In Russia. https://t.co/eNZ9msBcPj
‼️ Wildberries company claims it is negotiating with rescue services to use a helicopter to put out the fire at the warehouse in St Petersburg. So if there's a fire in Russia and the smoke from it covers half of St Petersburg - negotiations with firepersons are needed so they… https://t.co/8TR1bIgfGF https://t.co/xlobZ7vRCM
Huge fire has destroyed a Wildberries (online retailer) store in St Petersburg. Suspected arson. https://t.co/HK2hHmkZ8i
Huge fire rips through Russian online retailer's warehouse in St. Petersburg https://t.co/wyZPiyk4nA https://t.co/k92P2wGCre
The whole south of St Petersburg is under unimaginable smoke from the fire on Wildberries warehouse. The fire has already spread on 50,000 square meters. A few days before that, Russian law enforcers were doing raids on these warehouses, looking for migrants who are detaining… https://t.co/BadDJddfhH
The Sberbank building which is under construction in Moscow is burning. So much strange fires lately🤷♂️🚭 https://t.co/MmY38f9aMx
Russian firefighters battle to put out huge fire at online retailer's warehouse https://t.co/7X7fxKmQCM https://t.co/0MDKjC5XpM
A warehouse in St. Petersburg belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, has caught fire, according to Russia’s Emergency Services Ministry. Emergency workers said the fire had spread to an area of about 538,200 square feet. https://t.co/V4JIcgPmZf
St. Petersburg, Wildberries e-commerce company, warehouse. January 13, 2024. https://t.co/kBb5sy9LGN
⚡️ A huge flame broke out in the warehouse of the ‘Wildberries’ online marketplace located near St. Petersburg, spreading over an area of 50,000 square meters. Personnel have been evacuated from the building, the online retailer reported. https://t.co/4tXLVNEYoB
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that the area of the fire in the Wildberries warehouse complex in St. Petersburg has grown to 50,000 m². Lots of fires appearing lately. https://t.co/HDrs3oKDQN
At least 1,000 people were at the Wildberries warehouse in #Shushary in #StPetersburg when the fire broke out. The fire occurred when the night and day employees were changing shifts. https://t.co/8KDIqAhKUr
🌄 Sunrise in Saint Petersburg - employees burned down a 100,000m² Wildberries warehouse in response to raids by Putin's OMON Gestapo to collect people for the invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/debw0S0StF
🚨 🔥 Russia: Wildberries employees burned down the 100,000m² (25 acres) warehouse in Saint Petersburg in response to Putin's fascist raids at the location earlier today - masses of workers were arrested to be sent to fight in Ukraine. Wildberries is Russia's Amazon ripoff. https://t.co/4N6omZNf3e
A large fire breaks out at a warehouse in St. Petersburg (northwestern Russia). According to Russian media, the fire is 1,000 square meters in size and has been assigned an increased level of complexity. 📹https://t.co/7izKWJvCjx https://t.co/bbJXFhCAGy
🔥 Russia: The most massive fire has engulfed a Wildberries (Russian Amazon ripoff) warehouse in Saint Petersburg. The warehouse was 100,000 m² - 25 acres. https://t.co/J2tCCaD8z5
A woodworking shop caught fire in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia The area of the fire reached a thousand square meters. Preliminarily, there are no casualties. https://t.co/WIZzPXvMoy
⚡️Russian authorities: 2 massive fires break out in Moscow Oblast. The first fire occurred at a polymer production facility in the village of Obukhovo and covered 8,000 square meters. The second broke out in Moscow. https://t.co/HUVayRvxit
A big fire in Obukhovo, Moscow region. A workshop for the production of polymer products on an area of 8,000m² is on fire there. Those sudden fires again? 🤷♂️ https://t.co/EGBDOzedR9