This was reported by the regional office.
“A criminal case under part 3 of art. 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“causing death by negligence”) upon the death of five people, including four minors, ”the statement says.
According to the agency, the fire occurred on the night of October 7 in an apartment in a residential building, where there were six children with grandfather. The man managed to bring three children to the street, the rest failed to get out.
Also, rescuers during the inspection of the scene after the elimination of the fire found on the staircase the body of a woman and a child living in this staircase on the third floor. It is assumed that they suffocated by running into the porch.
“According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire could be careless handling of fire,” added the UK.
Earlier it was reported that as a result of the fire in Volokolamsk, five people were killed, four of them - children.
In August, URA.RU reported that in the Kurgan region, a pre-investigation check was organized into the deaths of three people in a fire.