Last night around 23 pm, a fire broke out in the skyscraper of the "Vjesnik" newspaper house, one of the symbols of Zagreb.
The fire spread to several floors and the roof, requiring the deployment of a large number of firefighters and equipment.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown, and extinguishing it will take all day, HRT reports.
There are about a hundred firefighters on the scene with 30 vehicles.
Mayor Tomislav Tomašević also came to the building this morning.
"It keeps flaring up on various floors. It's going out from the inside and outside. The cause is unknown, there are some suspicions, but the investigation will determine that. Unfortunately, the damage is total. The majority owner of the building is the state, structural engineers will need to see if the structure is for demolition or if it will be renovated," he said.
"There is no danger of collapse for now. The most important thing is that there are no victims and the safety of firefighters is paramount," added Tomašević.
Plenković: Ministry will take measures to renovate the building
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that the damage to the Vjesnik building was extensive, but that the most important thing was that there were no casualties.
He announced that the state would take measures to restore the building.
"We don't know how the fire started. The state is a co-owner of the solider with 60 or so percent, and there are other legal entities that are also co-owners. But the important thing is that there are no victims. The damage is great, it is visible to the naked eye," said Plenković in Vukovar, where he is participating in the marking of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja.
He said that more information will be known when firefighters, police and other services that participated in securing and extinguishing the fire have completed their work, HRT reports.
He said that the ministry responsible for state property will take measures to renovate and renovate the skyscraper.
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