The Ostankino TV tower, Europe’s tallest building, has caught fire again.
Happily, it seems as though today’s fire was quickly caught and, as far as I know, TV signals are still radiating out across Russia.
According to RIA Novosti, the cause was:
…negligence during welding, which set burning heat insulation intended for repair works and covered the area of about two square meters.
Hopefully it was just one of those minor things that affects all works from time to time, rather than symptomatic of wider negligence.
(Oh, and just to clarify – the picture is from the 2000 fire, and not today’s).
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