In Vladivostok, a warehouse of one of Russia's largest electronics retailers burned down
A warehouse of DNS, one of Russia's largest electronics retailers, burned down on the morning of July 31. The fire occurred in Vladivostok on Dneprovskaya street, writes The Moscow Times.
Dmitry Alekseev, co-owner of the company, reported the incident. According to him, no one was injured in the fire, but the material losses were significant. Their exact amount is still being determined.
Initially, it was reported that the fire area was about 1,000 square meters, but later it increased to 5,000 square meters. 40 people and 10 units of equipment participated in extinguishing the fire.
Specialists are to determine the cause of the fire. Alekseev stated that at the moment, the version of external interference seems unlikely.
The burned-down facility was one of DNS's major logistics centers. After the loss of the warehouse, the company redistributed the delivery of goods among other warehouses. Therefore, customers were warned about possible delays in receiving orders, although the company assured that employees are doing everything possible to meet deadlines.
DNS company was founded in 1998 in Vladivostok by Dmitry Alekseev and Yuri Karakin. Today, it is a major Russian retailer of computer, electronic, and household appliances with a wide network of warehouses and stores across the country. Alekseev, according to Forbes' ranking, has a fortune of about 1.6 billion dollars.
The fire at the DNS warehouse occurred against the backdrop of a series of attacks on Russian logistics infrastructure. In mid-July, strikes on the distribution centers of Russia's largest marketplace, Wildberries, were reported. Over two weeks, the attacks affected 18 facilities, resulting in about 1 million square meters of warehouse space being put out of commission, according to estimates provided in the report. The biggest loss was a distribution center in Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, with an area of about 250,000 square meters, which completely burned down after an attack on July 18.
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