A couple jumped from the fifth floor because of a severe fire inside the apartment in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of the Russian capital Moscow.

As the firefighters tried to enter the apartment, the father lowered his seven-year-old child using ropes, then decided to jump with his wife from the fifth floor, where he died instantly, while his wife died in hospital.

According to the inquiry, the door of the apartment was closed with furniture in the house, which is very strange, and is under investigation.

"At lunchtime, residents of the building called the fire because of smoke from the fifth-floor apartment. For "Live News".

The Commission is now investigating the causes of the incident and verifying its circumstances.