"We work in a usual mode", — said the Agency interlocutor.

Earlier, a source in emergency services told RIA Novosti that the fire from the building evacuated about 100 people. According to him, the fire probably occurred during repair work.

The building of the Ministry of agriculture Orlikov lane is for several months for repairs. It is enclosed by scaffolding, over which is stretched the safety net, a replica of the facade of the building.

The building of the Ministry is a monument of architecture of constructivism, the object of cultural heritage of regional value. It was built in 1933, the architect of the building of the people's Commissariat, as it was called initially, the project was the famous architect Alexey Shchusev.