Fire Covers Over 650 Square Feet at Moscow Office Building

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A fire has erupted at a waterfront office building in central Moscow, prompting the authorities to send two ships and almost 30 firefighting units to extinguish the blaze.

"A fire is raging on the second floor of the office part of the building over an area of 200 square meters [656 square feet], according to preliminary information," the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement early on Sunday.

The fire erupted late Saturday evening, in a building located on the Derbenevskaya waterfront in the Russian capital. Almost 100 people and two ships were sent to the site to fight the blaze, according to the Emergencies Ministry.

There have been no reports of casualties.