INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A massive fire spread through online retailer Wildberries' warehouse in St
Ulubikov, an official at the St
Petersburg branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry, said on Telegram.Firefighters brought the blaze under control but were still working
on extinguishing it.Footage published by the ministry showed huge clouds of smoke billowing from destroyed, snowed-in buildings.Almost 9
percent of Wildberries' orders were shipped from the warehouse, state-run agency RIA Novosti said, citing online retail expert Anton
Bestugin.The company owned by Russia's richest woman Tatyana Bakalchuk is one of the largest online marketplaces in the country and has
enjoyed success across the former U.S.S.R.It was founded in 2004 by Bakalchuk, who was then on maternity leave, together with her IT
technician husband Vladislav.
