According to preliminary data, one of the buyers set fire to the Lenta hypermarket on Pushkin Street in Tomsk. This was reported on December 25 by the press service of the trading network in Telegram…
“CCTV cameras have recorded the fact of arson by the buyer, police officers are looking for a suspect,” – said in the message.
It also became known that the prosecutor’s office of the Tomsk region organized an inspection of shopping centers in Tomsk after two fires in the Lenta hypermarkets.
“The regional prosecutor’s office, with the involvement of specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, organized inspections of compliance with fire safety requirements, including when selling pyrotechnic products, in other shopping centers in the region,” website supervisory authority.
The fire in “Lenta” on Pushkin Street was reported earlier that day. Pyrotechnics caught fire in the store, firecrackers and fireworks began to explode. Later, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tomsk region reported that the fire was liquidated, visitors and personnel were evacuated, there were no injuries.
Prior to that, on December 21, a fire broke out in another Tomsk hypermarket “Lenta”, on Elizarovykh Street. The fire collapsed about a third of the building, including the roof. It took the evacuation of 200 people, no one was hurt. The fire also led to explosions of pyrotechnics.
On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under the article “Intentional destruction or damage to property.”
The arson suspect was detained in hot pursuit. According to preliminary data, the man was an employee of one of the contractors in the hypermarket, because of a conflict with the managers of the retail network, he poured flammable liquid over the goods and set them on fire. He was arrested for two months.
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