Warehouse Fire Spreads to Forest in Western Moscow

A 1,000 square meter (over 10,000 square foot) fire is raging in the western part of Moscow, a representative of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told RIA Novosti.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The fire started at a warehouse and has spread to a nearby forest, the representative said.

КРУПНЫЙ пожар начался на Рублевском шоссеhttps://t.co/9WbwBPw52q pic.twitter.com/RUAMWq3JWZ

— События дня (@GazetaRu) April 16, 2016

​A statement on the official Twitter account of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said that the blaze covered an area of 1,500 square meters (over 16,000 square feet), according to preliminary estimates.

In a later tweet, the emergencies authorities said that the fire had been contained and that its spread to a nearby forest was prevented.

There were no reports of casualties, the Moscow emergencies department added.