WARSAW, Poland ( AP ) – A fire broke out on Sunday morning in a vast shopping center housing 1, 400 shops and service outlets in the Bialoleka district in Poland’s capital.
The fire brigade said more than 80 % of The Marywilska 44 shopping advanced was on fire, and 50 groups, including substance and economic recovery specialists, were carrying out recovery activities.
No injuries have been reported, according to a policeman director, according to a news release from the news agency PAP. Additionally, government sent a text message instructing Warsaw people to remain home with the panels shut.
WARSAW, MASOVIAN VOIVODESHIP, POLAND – 2024/05/12: Black smoke seen in the sky above the burning Marywilska 44 buying centre in Warsaw. A large fire broke out at the Marywilska 44 shopping centre in Warsaw’s Biaoleka city. According to the State Fire Service, there are 50 fireplace brigades on site, with a total of nearly 300 firefighters working it, including from the chemistry system. To put a hearth out, water is pumped from a local canal. There are currently about 1400 stores entirely destroyed. People of Warsaw and the surrounding area were issued an alert from the state security center, urging them to stay at home and shut their windows. ( Photo by Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images )
Personal journalist TVN24’s footage showed thick, dark smoke rising over the place.
Mirbud, an commercial design company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, owns the shopping center.
Due to the previous government’s restrictions on trade, which had close relationships to the Catholic Church, which makes Sunday the norm, shopping facilities and large stores are typically closed on Sunday. Just about half a dozen Saturday a year are free from the ban, allowing people to shop ahead of Christmas, Easter, and other holidays.
