Cosmos Hotel catches fire in Moscow - ministry
MOSCOW. Feb 12 (Interfax) - The Cosmos Hotel has caught fire, the Emergency Situations Ministry's Moscow branch told Interfax.
"A grade-two fire was reported at 1:33 p.m. An evacuation is in progress," a representative of the agency told Interfax.
The fire broke out on the 15th floor of the 26-floor hotel on Mira Prospect. Black smoke is billowing from the side of the building.
Additional fire engines are on their way, an informed source said.