Olympic Stadium catches fire during reconstruction

The Moscow Olympic sports complex, which is currently undergoing a reconstruction phase, caught fire on Saturday evening, RIA Novosti reports with a reference to the Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

“We received a relevant call to come to the Olympiyskiy Prospect, house 16, construction 1. There is a renovation of the building. There is smoke from the windows,” the Moscow rescuers said.