Entrepreneurs complained about losses due to the burnt-down market in Volgograd

The Natsionalny Market burned down in Volgograd, 14 people sought medical assistance. Rospotrebnadzor found significant excesses of maximum permissible concentrations of hazardous substances in the air after the fire. Entrepreneurs who traded at the market estimated their losses at millions of rubles.

Firefighters extinguished the fire at the Natsionalny Market in Volgograd. During the extinguishing of the fire, 14 people sought medical assistance. The fire on 3 Mikhailova Street was reported at 9:30 a.m. on August 30. The area of the fire quickly increased to 3.2 thousand square meters - the trade pavilions were burning. The fire was localized at 11:47 Moscow time, and the open fire was extinguished much later, at 17:26 Moscow time, according to reports from the Volgograd Region Emergency Situations Ministry.

Rospotrebnadzor for the Volgograd Region called on residents of the Natsionalny market to close their windows or cover them with wet gauze in their Telegram channel to avoid being poisoned by combustion products. Children, pregnant women, and the elderly should reduce the time they spend outdoors.

Later, the Rospotrebnadzor for the Volgograd Region published the results of an air sample study in the residential area of the Traktorozavodsky District of Volgograd.

An excess of the MAC was detected at a point on Vychugova Street, 19 for chemical substances: formaldehyde - 2.6 times; carbon monoxide - 1.4 times; ammonia - 1.3 times. On Bukharskaya Street, 36, the maximum permissible concentration of carbon monoxide was exceeded by 1.3 times.

Entrepreneurs reported serious losses. "First, the wiring short-circuited, everything was turned off. Then they turned it on again, and everything burst into flames. While we were putting it out, while they brought a ladder, everything was already ablaze. We simply did not have time. First, two fire trucks arrived without water. I started to pull out the goods, but we were told to leave. 5 million rubles in total. Everything was gone. For some, 30 million, for others, 15. For some, it was their only income. For others, nothing was left. My mother sold women's shirts and scarves. There were 5 places, only four bags were saved," V1 quotes one of the entrepreneurs as saying.

The sellers remained at the site until the last, hoping to take the surviving goods. However, it was impossible to figure out where and whose point was located after the fire, the publication says.

“We have damages of more than two million. Something caught fire, and in a minute everything burned down,” Novosti Volgograda quoted another seller as saying.

“A lot. 3-4 million and even more. She just arrived with the goods yesterday. All the expensive Turkish goods were there,” another woman said.

“Kavkazsky Uzel” also wrote that on August 28, 2022, a fire occurred at the Lyudmila market in Volzhsky. 153 people were evacuated from the market. By 19:35 Moscow time, firefighters localized the fire on an area of 7,000 square meters. The next morning, the Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguished the fire.

The entrepreneurs who rented space at the Lyudmila market in Volzhsky did not insure their goods and do not believe that they will be able to recover damages through the courts. Some entrepreneurs suffered damages ranging from 300,000 to 3 million rubles; many took out loans to develop their businesses.

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