In Sterlitamak, people were rescued from a burning shopping center using a Gazelle

Visitors trapped in the burning shopping center (shopping center) of Sterlitamak were rescued with the help of a Gazelle. New information about the fire was reported by an eyewitness, her story appeared in the RIA Novosti material.

As witnesses to the incident told the agency, when the fire was just flaring up, visitors to the shopping center began calling for help, and people on the street responded to the screams. One of the motorists heard the screams, drove a Gazelle to the window, parked under it, and after that the roof of the car was used as a platform for installing a ladder.

“They put up a ladder and brought two girls down from the third floor. And there was already smoke coming from there. They saved two girls, it turns out,” said an eyewitness.