"According to the documents here is an ordinary residential building": what is known about the fire in the Moscow hospice

Nine people became victims of a fire in the private house “Second House” in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region; nine more were hospitalized in Krasnogorsk City Hospital No. 1. Investigative bodies of the regional administration of the TFR opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code (the performance of work or the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons).

The fire occurred on the night of May 11 in a private household intended for residents of the elderly, located in the Opaliha microdistrict of the Krasnogorsk city district.

“During the extinguishing of the fire, the bodies of nine people aged 66 to 90 years with thermal burns were discovered, nine more were hospitalized. According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was a fault in the wiring, ”the press service of the UK said.

The necessary investigative steps are being taken at the scene of the emergency, forensic medical and fire-technical examinations are scheduled.

Investigators later reported the detention of the organizer of a private hospice. According to the agency, the suspect rented a country house and used it for "compensated elderly people living in it." For a day stay in the hospice from each guest took from 1000 to 1200 rubles. In total, 29 pensioners aged 66 to 97 years lived in the house.

“According to preliminary data, the source of ignition was in the sauna on the second floor,” the UK said.

According to the Moscow Region Ministry of Emergency Situations, a message about the fire at Krasnogorsk, md. Opaliha, st. Shady, d. 4 was received by the controller at 23:49 on May 10. To eliminate the fire, 91 people and 28 pieces of equipment were involved. By 00:25, the fire was localized on an area of ​​15 square meters. meters, after another seven minutes, open burning was eliminated, the fire was completely extinguished at 01:09.

• In a private hospice in Krasnogorsk there was a fire

Initially, rescuers reported that at the time of the fire in the institution were 18 bedridden patients. Later, information appeared about 29 guests and eight employees of the institution.

“Six people are in intensive care in serious condition, three victims are placed in the therapy department,” the administration of the Krasnogorsk city district said, adding that now the headquarters for assisting the victims is looking for relatives of elderly people living in the hospice.

“At the moment, we are phoning relatives - those whose dads, mothers, grandparents lived in this house. Now the elderly are under supervision, their life is not in danger, but they certainly need help and support from loved ones, ”said Elmira Khaimurzina, the head of the administration of the city district.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the victims and instructed to provide the necessary assistance to the victims of the fire. “I instructed the first deputy chairman of the government, Olga Zabralova, to figure out what kind of help people in need now need,” Vorobyova quoted the press service.

In addition to the voiced SC version of a wiring malfunction, other possible causes of a fire are also considered, including careless handling of fire.

The press service of the head of Krasnogorsk told RIA Novosti that no institutions were registered at the house where the fire occurred.

“Here, according to the documents, it’s just a house, no hospice is registered. According to the documents, this is an ordinary residential building, ”the administration said.

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Subsequently, the head of the urban district, Elmira Khaimurzina, said that investigators began to search for people who organized a "nursing home" in a private house.

“Who and on what grounds organized“ a pension for the elderly ”in a private house on Tenistaya Street 4 - investigative authorities are now sorting out. I’m sure that all those responsible for the tragedy will be found and will be punished fairly, ”wrote Khaimurzina on Instagram.

At the beginning of April in Moscow there was a major fire in the third age private nursing home. The fire was assigned the third difficulty rank out of five possible. According to rescuers, an electric cable on the ground and minus first floors caught fire in the building.

According to the deputy mayor of Moscow on housing and communal services and improvement Peter Biryukov, the fire area amounted to 300 square meters. meters, and the boiler room on the basement of the building became a hotbed of ignition.

Four people became victims of the accident. Another 16 were injured, including a firefighter, who, during the evacuation of patients, gave his mask to a guest in a nursing home and breathed on combustion products. Emergency services managed to evacuate about 50 people from the building.

According to the Investigative Committee, the management of the “Third Age” did not create the conditions necessary for the institution to work and did not draw up the required documents for the provision of services to older people and the proper operation of the building where the nursing home was located. The Office opened two criminal cases.