In Ryazan, they plan to demolish the building of the former communication school, in which a fire broke out on April 1, and build exactly the same in its place. Artem Nikitin, deputy chairman of the regional government, announced this on May 5 during a public report by the authorities to residents.
Nikitin explained that the floors in the building were originally wooden. When communicating with the builders, it turned out that it was possible to reconstruct the object only through its complete demolition and further construction from scratch, writes 62INFO.ru.
“This building is included in the list of structures that shape the city’s appearance. And in any case, it should remain in the same form in which it was originally within the framework of architectural projects,” the deputy chairman noted.
The exact timing of the reconstruction will be known at the end of June 2022.
The fire in the building of the former communication school occurred on April 1, 2022. Its area was 1 thousand square meters. m. In the course of a public report, Artem Nikitin admitted the guilt of the authorities in what happened, RIA 7 News writes.
“The fact that the building initially caught fire is really our flaw. We have already drawn all the necessary conclusions,” the politician said.
On April 8, it was reported that in Ryazan, all mothballed buildings owned by the region were taken under round-the-clock protection. The reason is recent incidents, when a fire broke out in the former building of the communications school, and the building of the former regional ministry of education was looted by vandals.