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Published on 3 Apr 2013
Dramatic video: Luxury skyscraper hotel on fire in Russia's Grozny, Chechnya
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Nearly 300 firefighters tackle blaze in 475ft high Chechnyan skyscraper where tax-exile Gérard Depardieu was given a luxury flat
The 40-storey high building in the Grozny City complex is the tallest in Chechnya
Everyone managed to escape the building which is a key symbol of the once war-torn
city's rebirth
PUBLISHED: 18:35, 3 April 2013 | UPDATED: 20:21, 3 April 2013
Fire has engulfed a 475ft apartment building under construction in Chechnya, a once
war-torn republic in southern Russia. Emergency officials say 30 people were evacuated
but no one was injured after the blaze broke out at 6pm local time. The buildings are
part of a complex of high-rises under construction in the centre of Grozny, the
Chechnyan capital. State television pictures showed a huge plume of smoke rising into
the sky and clinging to the sides of the building with bursts of yellow flames.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/03/article-2303538-19120A67000005DC-984_634x447.jpg
Witnesses posted dramatic photos on Twitter showing the building on fire.
Nearly 300 people have been tackling the blaze and the area around the Grozny City complex has now been cordoned off.
French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly received an apartment in the complex of buildings as a gift from Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
It is believed he has a flat on the 27th floor of the burning building Olympus.
A police source said: 'The fire has completely enveloped the right-hand side of the
skyscraper. Both the wall and the window of the actor’s apartment have been damaged.'
The Grozny City complex was partly open in 2011.
It is made up of seven skyscrapers and a hotel: one 40-storey building which currently
on fire, one 30-storey building, three 28-storey and two 18-storey buildings.
More pictures on link..
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303538/Chechnya-300-firefighters-tackle-blaze-skyscraper-tax-exile-G-rard-Depardieu-given-flat.html#ixzz2PRLg3SIU
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Published on 3 Apr 2013
Dramatic video: Luxury skyscraper hotel on fire in Russia's Grozny, Chechnya
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/sitelogos/logo_mol.gif
Nearly 300 firefighters tackle blaze in 475ft high Chechnyan skyscraper where tax-exile Gérard Depardieu was given a luxury flat
The 40-storey high building in the Grozny City complex is the tallest in Chechnya
Everyone managed to escape the building which is a key symbol of the once war-torn
city's rebirth
PUBLISHED: 18:35, 3 April 2013 | UPDATED: 20:21, 3 April 2013
Fire has engulfed a 475ft apartment building under construction in Chechnya, a once
war-torn republic in southern Russia. Emergency officials say 30 people were evacuated
but no one was injured after the blaze broke out at 6pm local time. The buildings are
part of a complex of high-rises under construction in the centre of Grozny, the
Chechnyan capital. State television pictures showed a huge plume of smoke rising into
the sky and clinging to the sides of the building with bursts of yellow flames.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/03/article-2303538-19120A67000005DC-984_634x447.jpg
Witnesses posted dramatic photos on Twitter showing the building on fire.
Nearly 300 people have been tackling the blaze and the area around the Grozny City complex has now been cordoned off.
French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly received an apartment in the complex of buildings as a gift from Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
It is believed he has a flat on the 27th floor of the burning building Olympus.
A police source said: 'The fire has completely enveloped the right-hand side of the
skyscraper. Both the wall and the window of the actor’s apartment have been damaged.'
The Grozny City complex was partly open in 2011.
It is made up of seven skyscrapers and a hotel: one 40-storey building which currently
on fire, one 30-storey building, three 28-storey and two 18-storey buildings.
More pictures on link..
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303538/Chechnya-300-firefighters-tackle-blaze-skyscraper-tax-exile-G-rard-Depardieu-given-flat.html#ixzz2PRLg3SIU
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