Scaffolding collapses on parked cars in a Russian city

In the Vasileostrovsky district of St. Petersburg, a storm wind provoked the collapse of scaffolding and pedestrian barriers onto parked cars. More than a dozen cars were seriously damaged, writes the portal 78.ru.

The incident occurred on the 22nd line of Vasilyevsky Island, not far from the fourth academic building of the Mining University. According to the source, all the damaged cars were parked in the paid parking zone.

The building structure was installed along the wall of a building built in 1987, where planned repair and restoration work is being carried out. There is no information about casualties at this time.

The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations warned the townspeople about strong gusts of wind, the speed of which reached 17 meters per second.