Russia'S "Big China Market" Fire Suffered Heavy Losses

Local time on December 25th, in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg, the "big China market" fire broke out.

The burned area exceeds 3000 square meters.

According to a consular official, about two p.m. local time on December 25th, there was a huge fire in the market of Yekaterinburg's "Gansu Province", and the destruction of the warehouse was destroyed in the market.

The burned area exceeds 3000 square meters, and the main products are

According to witnesses on the scene, many storehouses in the market have been completely destroyed by fire, and the fire engines can not deal with the fire immediately because the fire corridors are occupied.

According to local media, the smoke from the "big market of China" can be seen from several kilometers away. The fire is very large. Most of the burned shops are in the fur business.

It is reported that when the cutting machine was operating, sparks sparked on the garment bag, which caused a fire. However, there were other reasons for the analysis.

Witnesses: "burning up the savings of Chinese businessmen for several years"

More than 5 in the afternoon, a witness posted on the Internet that he was about one hundred meters away from the scene of the fire, "I think the face was baked by hot gas!"

Netizens "Zheng Jianguo 1818" posted on the Internet saying that water and fire were not merciless! He was in a very heavy mood.

It is understood that many of his relatives and friends work in the Yekaterinburg market, Christmas day, the whole evening is concerned about the news of the fire, many friends told him about his bitter experience.

"When the fire broke out, the scene was very chaotic. Everyone rushed to shift their goods, but the police and market security quickly blocked the market entrance and the surrounding traffic.

Some people tried to venture into the fire to save their belongings, but they were stopped by the police and security guards.

"Zheng Jianguo 1818" can not help writing all the exclamation marks: "how did this Christmas go to the Chinese in Yekaterinburg, Russia? For many years, the hard earned Foundation (goods and savings) became ash for seven hours! People's hopes become despairing! Such a big fire Russian and Ross people only have a ladder ladder fire truck to work and look at it! It's too worrying!!!"

Other netizens responded that the local fire department was not able to control the fire so that the fire could not be extinguished for several hours.

Officials explained that it was because the water pressure was not enough and the fire was difficult to control at the moment.

Yu Anlin, President of the Federation of overseas Chinese in Zhejiang, Russia, told reporters that they were doing business in Yekaterinburg.

My consulate official is actively involved.

After being informed of this matter, our local consulate general in Yekaterinburg sent the principal officials to the scene of the fire at the first time, and immediately contacted the head of the local Chinese business association to appease the mood of the Chinese businessmen.

The Consulate General said that it will fully protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and actively deal with this incident.

Yekaterinburg is located 1667 kilometers east of Moscow, Russia's capital.

According to the introduction, "China's big market" is the largest market in Yekaterinburg, covering an area of more than 40 thousand square meters, mainly selling clothing, with a history of 15 years.

More than 90% of the more than 6000 businesses here are Chinese, and are called Yekaterinburg's Chinatown by local people.

Almost all the goods sold are "made in China" small commodities, mainly including clothing, bags and other daily necessities.

After the Russian government closed the Cheel Guizo Wo market in Moscow, about 1/5 of the Chinese businessmen in the market moved to the Chinese market in Yekaterinburg to do business.