Two people died and five more were injured in a fire in a five-story apartment building in Novosibirsk. Rescuers evacuated nine people from the building, and another 17 residents evacuated on their own.
Experts are currently investigating the cause of the fire. On February 22, it was reported that an elderly woman died as a result of a fire. in a private house in the Suleiman-Stalsky district of Dagestan. The cause of that fire was not immediately known.