OREANDA-NEWS  In the center of Moscow, a fire occurred in the building of the residence of the Algerian Ambassador to Russia Smail Benamara, at the moment the fire has been eliminated. 

"The fire was reported at 11:08. The fire occurred on the second floor of a three—storey administrative building of an old building on 13 Spiridonovka Street," the emergency services said in a statement. According to their preliminary data, the cause of the fire was an old wiring, there were no injuries.

On November 20, it was reported that a flower warehouse caught fire in the center of Moscow. Eight people were killed. The fire area was 2.5 thousand square meters — it was extinguished only after nine hours. Seven people were evacuated from the building, several more were able to get out on their own.