The Russian Commission of Inquiry has opened a criminal investigation in connection with a fire in the region of Smolensk, who killed six people, including five children, RIA Novosti reports. …
The investigation opened a case under the article about causing the negligent death of two or more people, said Natalya Zueva , representative of the Investigations Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region, in an interview with the agency.
A fire broke out in Pochinok commune in a private house with an area of 80 square meters.
According to REN TV, two sisters died during the state of emergency, one of whom was six, and the other was only six months, their grandmother, who could not move alone, because as well as three girlfriends of the girl who came to visit her …
The parents of the sisters managed to get out of the fire, but couldn't save the children.
The investigation will uncover what caused the fire.
Earlier, Sputnik Radio reported that after the fire at the Nizhnevartovsk maternity hospital, more than 80 people were evacuated.