A fire has ripped through a Russian Defence Ministry building in central Moscow. Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital and firefighters battled to extinguish the blaze.
Around 50 people were evacuated from the administrative building, which dates from the end of the eighteenth century. Nobody was reported to have been hurt.
Fire fighters were seen scaling ladders to access the building's upper floors with fire engines pumping water through hoses placed on the ground floor. Traffic through central Moscow was diverted.
A source told the Interfax news agency the fire may have started as a result of a short circuit involving old electrical wiring.
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