The fire system went off at the hospital in Kommunarka

In the hospital in Kommunarka, a false alarm of the APS system (automatic fire alarm) occurred in the non-commissioned building of the medical institution, RBC was told in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of RUSSIA in Moscow.

There were no reports of casualties, officials said.

Earlier TELEGRAM channels Shot and Mash reported about a fire in the hospital. According to Shot, the fire occurred on the second floor in the children's department of the hospital, patients and employees were evacuated. Mash reported about smoke in the children's department, and after - about the localization of the fire.

In March 2020, the facilities of the first stage of the new Kommunarka medical center were repurposed for the treatment of patients with a new CORONAVIRUS infection. In total, more than 2,000 beds for covid-19 patients have been deployed , including more than 1,300 beds in an additional backup hospital. The total number of intensive care beds for patients with COVID-19 was 456. In two years, according to the city authorities, the Kommunarka medical center received more than 78 thousand patients with coronavirus infection.