It is noted that the fire occurred in one of the apartments of the house at 5, 1st Reisovaya Street.

“Unfortunately, one person died in the burning apartment,” RIA Novosti quotes the press service of the Moscow Emergencies Ministry's headquarters.

It is also reported that three people were rescued from the third floor of the house, and two more people were rescued from the second floor.

At the moment, the fire has been liquidated.

Earlier, three people died in a fire in an apartment in the south of Moscow, according to the Moscow headquarters of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.