Wildberries were denied information about the failure of the alarm system during the fire in Shushary

“On January 13, a fire broke out at the Wildberries warehouse in Shushary. At 7:20 am the fire alarm sounded as usual. Thanks to this, 1.2 thousand people employed in the warehouse were quickly evacuated,” the market’s press service reported in a statement.

On the morning of January 15, the company announced the start of the first compensation payments to sellers on the site whose goods were damaged as a result of the incident. The market is also continuing to try to contact the 12 employees who were in the warehouse on Saturday. The press service emphasizes that none of the workers are listed as missing.

• On Saturday, January 13, in the village of Shushary, near St. Petersburg, a fire broke out in a Wildberries warehouse. The flame spread quickly and affected 70 thousand square meters. m.(about 11 football fields). The warehouse area itself is more than 100 thousand square meters. meter.
• The market promised to compensate harmed sellers and return funds to buyers whose goods were burned.
• As the Fontanka publication wrote, a 22-year-old girl and a 56-year-old man were injured in the fire. The press service clarified that the employee of the operational headquarters of the warehouse administration was examined by doctors on the day of the incident and is already at his house. A man, a warehouse employee, suffered a broken toe as a result of the incident.
• The Investigative Committee opened a case under the article on abuse of power (part 1 of article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).