Emergency in St. Petersburg caused by drone

The fall of a drone, presumably, was the cause of an emergency in the Krasnogvardeysky District of St. Petersburg. About it reports TASS with reference to Telegram-channel of the GU Rosgvardiya in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

"Today, March 2, at about 07:15, off-duty outfits of the Rosgvardia extra-departmental guard <received a report of an incident on Piskarevsky Prospekt, promptly arrived at the site and together with emergency services organized the evacuation of residents of an apartment building, which was damaged, presumably as a result of the fall of a UAV," the report says.

The affected house is a five-story building built in 1979. According to TASS, balconies and glazing were damaged in several houses as a result of the emergency. Six residents required medical assistance after the incident, the city health committee said.

As specified the press service of Krasnogvardeysky District, psychologists, social workers and doctors are working with the evacuated residents of the affected houses. Residents of the affected house are temporarily placed in the nearest kindergarten. The victims will receive compensation from the city authorities, said the governor of the city Alexander Beglov.