Police Search Moscow Offices Of Wildberries Retailer Over Recent Warehouse Fire

Firefighters work to put out the blaze at a warehouse of Wildberries online retailer in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 13.

Police searched the Moscow offices of Russia's largest online clothing retailer, Wildberries, confiscating documents related to the company's large warehouse near St. Petersburg that was burned to the ground in a fire last weekend, the SHOT Telegram channel linked to the government said on January 18. The RBK website said law enforcement also inspected fire safety in the offices. The January 13 fire destroyed Wildberries's 112,000-square-meter facility used as a warehouse in the town of Shushary. No casualties were reported. Wildberries was founded in 2004 by Tatyana and Vladislav Bakalchuk. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.