At 12.30 p.m. on Monday, it was reported that a large fire had broken out at a hangar on Maardu's Lao tänav. A cloud of black smoke is spreading towards Lake Maardu. We ask the residents of Maardu to close their doors and windows and for traffic to avoid the area," the Rescue Board said on social media.

The board later added, that there have been no casualties and work is underway to get the fire under. Traffic on Lao tänav and Põhjaranna tänav is subject to disruption and the Rescue Board is now asking people to avoid traveling on these streets.

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