Fires in Moscow and St. Petersburg prompt evacuations

Multiple fires occurred across Russia, including a fatal fire in a St. Petersburg apartment, a fire in a Moscow hospital's basement, and a fire in a Moscow residential building, with evacuations and rescues reported in each case.

Consensus

Multiple fires occurred in Russia in August 2026.
Fire incidents led to evacuations of people from buildings.
Fire services responded to all incidents and managed to extinguish the fires.
No information about casualties was reported in some cases.
In at least one incident, a person was injured and hospitalized.

Points of divergence

22 people were evacuated from a three-room apartment in the Vyborgsky District of St. Petersburg. — vesti
16 people were rescued during fire suppression in a residential building on Khaborovskaya Street in Moscow. — riamo
16 people were rescued during a fire on the staircase of a residential building on Khaborovskaya St., Moscow. — ntv
One person was injured in a fire in the basement of Pirogov First City Hospital in Moscow. — kommersant
66 people, including 14 from intensive care, were evacuated from a psychiatric department basement in Pirogov First City Hospital. — vm
A man died in a fire in a St. Petersburg apartment on August 21. — fontanka
35 people were evacuated from a building on Admiralteysky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, with two requiring medical assistance. — gazeta_spb

Coverage (20 sources)

EMERCOM: firefighters evacuated people from burning three-room apartment in St. Petersburg — Вести
Eight people rescued in fire in multi-apartment building in Irkutsk — Вести
16 people rescued during fire suppression in a multi-story building on the east of Moscow — РИАМО
16 people rescued in fire at house on Khabarovskaya Street in Moscow — НТВ Москва
Fire broke out in a residential building in east Moscow, 16 people saved — Вести
One person injured in fire at First Gorky Hospital in Moscow — Коммерсантъ
In Moscow, one of the buildings of the First Pirogov City Hospital caught fire — Вести
Fire in the building of the First Gradsky Hospital in Moscow on August 24, 2026: what happened, how many people were saved — Вечерняя Москва
Seventeen firefighters extinguished an apartment in Kupchino. No victims were spared. — Фонтанка
In Serpukhov a three-story residential building is burning, 50 people evacuated — Вести
Powerful fire engulfed three-story residential building in Serpukhov, 50 evacuated — Вечерняя Москва
One person died in a fire in an apartment in a building on the west of Moscow — НТВ Москва
Four children injured in a fire in Kyzyl were delivered to Nizhny Novgorod — Вести
In Ulan-Ude, Russia's emergency services firefighters rescued 20 people — Вести
Firefighters evacuated 35 people from burning building in center of St. Petersburg - SPB Gazeta - St. Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb
Seven people saved: fire in apartment on Malaya Pyashevskaya extinguished — РИАМО
Fire spreads, dozens evacuated. What is happening at the burning DK "Vyborgsky" — Фонтанка
6 people, including 3 children, rescued from burning apartment in Moscow — РИАМО
Fire in residential building extinguished in center of Moscow — Коммерсантъ
Fire in residential building in center of Moscow extinguished — НТВ Москва

Fires in Moscow and St. Petersburg prompt evacuations

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