According to Samatula Ruziev, head of the Uzbek diaspora in Tomsk, on Thursday, January 23, the board of the republic’s Ministry of Emergencies should arrive in Tomsk with the DNA of relatives of the alleged victims of the fire.
“The sending of the bodies to their homeland will take place as soon as all the examinations are carried out by the Russian side. Previously, the identities of the dead were established, we will find out the exact data after the DNA test, ”TASS was told in the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Novosibirsk.
Earlier, the governor of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin said that the likely cause of the fire in the village of Prichulymsky, which killed 11 people, was a fire from electrical appliances.
A representative of the Investigative Department of the IC of Russia in the region told RIA Novosti, the identity of the Russian woman, who became one of the victims of the fire, was established.
“This is a 31-year-old local resident. Relatives confirm that she was officially employed and worked at this enterprise, lived in this building, ”the department said.
The representative of the UK said that biological samples had already been taken from the relatives of the woman for genotypic examination.