Moscow: According to the TASS news agency, a warehouse in Odintsovo, a village west of Moscow between Vladimir Putin’s official residence and the Vnukovo airport, was on fire on Thursday, according to Russia’s emergency services.
It was unclear how the fire in the warehouse, which was located 6.5 kilometres (miles) from Putin’s presidential mansion in Novo-Ogaryovo, was started.
According to a statement from the emergency services, the size of the fire as of midnight Moscow time was 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet).