Huge fire breaks out at Moscow warehouse sending up massive plumes of smoke

Fire engulfs industrial warehouse in Ramenskoye near Moscow (Image: Telegram) A huge fire has broken an industrial warehouse in a suburb southeast of Moscow. The large blaze broke out at a fertiliser warehouse in Ramenskoye on Sunday According to Russian media, the fire started at a neighbouring fertiliser manufacturer’s warehouse and was caused by negligence. The fire follows a series of drone strikes on Moscow, its surroundings, and numerous other Russian cities. Though it is currently unclear whether this specific fire was caused by such a strike. There has been no official response from Ukrainian authorities to this latest incident. According to the Russian state news agency RIA, the fire reached an area of 2,700 square metres before being controlled and extinguished. Moscow region prosecutor’s office has claimed the initial cause of the incident was a violation of fire safety standards while welding, as reported by the TASS official news agency. Russian media reports that the warehouse had been evacuated.