Almost 9% of all orders from the Wildberries marketplace were shipped from a warehouse in Shushary, RIA Novosti reports, citing Anton Bestugin, co-founder of the TOGO group of e-commerce companies.
According to him, statistics from the marketplace itself indicate that 8.7% of goods were concentrated in the St. Petersburg warehouse.
The online retailer itself stated that the lost goods will be removed from the marketplace display, and buyers and sellers will be compensated for the cost of the lost goods. At the same time, a RIA Novosti source in the insurance market suggested that the damage from the fire could amount to 10-11 billion rubles. Currently, its amount is unknown.
Let us remind you that on the morning of January 13, a fire started in a warehouse in Shushary (Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg). Later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire area was 70 thousand square meters. meters, and for 40 thousand square meters. meters there was a collapse. According to the head of the fire extinguishing department of the EMERCOM headquarters for the city, Igor Ulubikov, there were no fatalities as a result of the fire.
As the acting head of Gosstroynadzor Vyacheslav Zakharov told the 78.ru TV channel, the burnt warehouse was not officially put into operation: “in 2022, a certificate of compliance was issued, but no further certification was carried out.”
Source: Rosbalt
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