I looked through the peephole and saw neighbors running out," say Maria Shurochkina's neighbors about how the fire started.
According to the resident of the house, the fire department arrived "with lightning speed".
"The fire alarm went off and everyone looked out the door. "There was a burning smell, and all the neighbors, even with "bare sleeves", with children and pets in their arms, ran away from the house," said the neighbor.
Another resident of the residential complex, Dmitry Safronov (son of the artist Nika Safronov), said that at first he thought the sensors were activated because someone was smoking:.
"I looked through the peep hole and saw the neighbors running out. I opened the door a little and smelled a burning smell. The neighbor says: "The apartment is on fire on the 17th floor." We started getting ready in a hurry, took warm clothes, documents, money and ran out to the entrance. The elevators were no longer working; People were evacuated using stairs. All the neighbors ran, some in shorts, some in shorts and t-shirts, with cats, dogs, children. At that moment the firefighters were already up," said Safronov.