Wildberries announced its intention to rebuild a warehouse damaged in a fire in Shushary, the press service reported. The market aims to completely restore its logistics infrastructure in the region.
Last Saturday, January 13, in the village of Shushary, near Saint 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 incident was one of the biggest for the company. According to experts, the damage caused by the fire could amount to 17 billion rubles.
The company wants to rebuild the warehouse to reduce the load on other warehouses and sorting centers.
“Currently the plan is in the initial stage of development, in particular the amount of investment required is being evaluated,” the market said in a statement.
Earlier this week, Wildberries reported that only 53% of customers would receive refunds for canceled orders from the burned warehouse. The remaining 47% of users will be able to replace products.
The day before, law enforcement officers showed up at the company’s Moscow office. The Wildberries press service clarified that active work is being done to determine the causes of the fire and that the company is collaborating with law enforcement agencies.
RBC sources previously said that the warehouse that caught fire was not insured.
Author:
Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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