On the evening of August 27, 2000, a short circuit of the device occurred at an altitude of 460 m, then a fire began in the Ostankino tower. A resident of the neighboring house saw smoke and reported on emergency services, but she was threatened to be fined for a wrong call. After that, other witnesses began to call firefighters.
On that day, there was a party in the restaurant in Ostankino tower, where about 300 people had children. The staff quickly reacted, giving the children the ball and led everyone down. The evacuation activities are led by the Deputy Director of the Excursion Harry Polyakov. He also lowered people to the elevator.
Even a helicopter was attracted to extinguish the fire, but the fire was only enhanced. A few hours after starting a fire from a height of 460 m, three elevators collapsed. One of them is the Fire Department, Deputy Head of UGPS Department of the Northeast District of Vladimir Arsyukov, a repairer of Alexander Shipilin and Svetlana Loseva elevator.
Loseva married three days before the fire, she should not work on the tragedy, she was asked to replace her colleague. Shipilin also did not go out of the shift: his wife woke him up, saying that the Ostankino tower was burning, and he went to help. Perhaps they tried to provide a asbestos with fire on one of the floors. The colleagues began to rise up on the elevator, but he was trapped. They have a gas mask through which they take turns breathing. They reported everything with Walkie -Talkie, but did not have time to save them -the elevator fell.
Many TV channels have stopped working for a while. Residents of nearby houses are worried that the tower may collapse, because the fire cannot be extinguished for a long time. Therefore, rescue staff removed the fire and experts eliminated the consequences, the tower was still standing.
During the fire, the anonymous people made expensive wine and souvenirs from the restaurant, they were never found. The organization itself has been restored after only 16 years.
