Fire in the historic Miller mansion on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg

On Thursday evening, a fire broke out in the historic Miller mansion on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg.

The fire area is 2 thousand square meters.

An eyewitness said that the smoke from the fire was first noticeable from the embankment, and then increased significantly in a short time.

St. PETERSBURG, October 1 - RIA Novosti. The smoke from the fire in the historic Miller mansion on St. Isaac's Square in the center of St. Petersburg was first noticeable from the embankment, then the smoke "grew to the skies" in a short time, said an eyewitness to what was happening.

As reported by the city department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, on Thursday evening there was a fire in a residential building on St. Isaac's Square, 3. The historic Miller mansion, built in the second half of the 18th century, is located at this address. The fire area is 2 thousand square meters.

“Something began to rise from the side of the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment, something like smoke. I was also so scared because I live here in (this - ed.) area... It was around the beginning of nine... (The smoke - ed.) was more and more, and closer to 20.30 it grew to the skies,” a resident of St. Petersburg told reporters.

The man added that he lives not far from the fire scene on Galernaya Street. He estimates that the fire at Miller's mansion began to look serious "in literally 15-20 minutes."