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Fire extinguished at 18th-century mansion in central St. Petersburg

A fire that broke out at an 18th-century mansion in downtown St. Petersburg burned across an area of 2,000 square meters before emergency services extinguished the open flames on Thursday night. The severity of the blaze was downgraded to category two out of five as containment progressed. Any casualties or the initial cause of the fire have not been reported.

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WhereSt Petersburg
59.937, 30.311 ±120 km
First reported23 days ago
Published2026-10-02 10:35 UTC
Sources2
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Reports4Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Fire extinguished at 18th-century mansion in central St. Petersburg. 2026-10-02T10:35:57.752Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4384. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-02/fire-sweeps-historic-st-petersburg-mansion-15e5198d

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