Emergencies
Major fire in Warsaw destroys shopping center
The shopping center in Poland’s capital almost completely burned down. photo
© Leszek Szymanski/PAP/dpa
In Poland, a major fire in the capital Warsaw destroyed a shopping center with around 1,400 shops. The fire in the Marywilska 44 shopping center in the Bialoleka district broke out in the early hours of the morning, the fire department announced.
More than 240 firefighters took part in the extinguishing work, at times there were 99 Vehicles from the professional and volunteer fire departments are in use. Footage from broadcaster TVN24 showed flames blazing from the roof of the large facility. Nobody got hurt. The fire was under control in the afternoon and investigations into the causes continued.
A spokeswoman for the city administration told the PAP news agency that financial support for the many affected small traders whose livelihoods were destroyed by the fire would be discussed on Monday. A majority of the traders come from Vietnam.