In St. Petersburg, on the Embankment of the Obvodny Canal, the Lenta hypermarket caught fire.. This was reported by eyewitnesses in social networks. As RIA “Novosti” was told in the city’s emergency services, visitors and personnel were evacuated from the building, so their lives are not in danger.. At the time of ignition there were almost 1 thousand people inside. In case of fire, the roof of the hypermarket collapsed. The area of ??collapse was 200 sq.. m, the agency reports. As the Telegram-channel Life Shot informs, the building itself may collapse, but for the time being it keeps. Mi-8 and Ka-32 helicopters flew to the scene. Rescuers assigned a third difficulty rank to a fire.