MOSCOW, June 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Two men jumped to their deaths and several other people are missing after an eight-storey office building near the Russian capital Moscow erupted in flames on Monday, authorities said. "Two men jumped out of the window while trying to escape -- unfortunately, they died. The fate of the two women who were on the eighth floor is being clarified," Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov said. About 30 companies rented space in the office block, two of which had employees working there at the time of the fire, the governor said. A criminal case has been opened and investigators are establishing the circumstances of the fire, the governor said.
