Less than a week before the incident, a Moscow mall on Semenovskaya Street was visited by the Ministry of Emergency Situations to assess the state of the building's fire protection system. According to the Moscow chapter of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the inspection bodies visited the "Perseus for Children" shopping center on March 30.

They not only checked the system's serviceability, but also taught a lesson to the employees of the shopping center on the actions during the fire. "The building was equipped with automatic fire alarm, water fire extinguishing systems, warning and evacuation of people in case of fire, smoke ventilation, which during the incident worked in normal mode", - quotes the message of the Ministry of Emergency Situations portal "On the eve. en ". Also in the department they told that during the fire extinguishing due to the "combined effect of fire and smoke" six rescuers were injured.