2024-01-19 04:32:27
The Wildberries building in Shushary (Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg), which burned down on January 13, was not insured, reports January 19 RBC with reference to its sources in the insurance market. According to one of them, only the goods were insured.
“The company discussed concluding an insurance contract with one of the large insurance companies shortly before the fire, but it never came to the point of signing,” says one of the interlocutors.
Wildberries said that “they cannot disclose information regarding property insurance within the framework of existing contractual relationships.”
“The issue of insurance does not affect our obligations to partners in any way,” added the Wildberries representative.
On the followingnoon of January 18, Wildberries reported searches in its office in Moscow and connected them with Shushary. According to Fontanka, investigators, in particular, were interested in the question of why the building was used without permission to put it into operation. Read more regarding this on Fontanka. Also read regarding the warehouse itself and its construction, and what St. Petersburg can offer in return for this facility.
The Wildberries warehouse in Shushary caught fire on the morning of January 13, the fire spread to 70 thousand square meters. The company reported that it had found all the employees who were in the warehouse at the time of the fire. Two employees required medical attention – a 22-year-old woman who suffered smoke inhalation and a 56-year-old man who suffered a broken leg. Buyers were promised replacement goods if they were found in warehouses, or a refund.
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