This is stated on the website of the regional office.

“On this fact, the investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Primorsky Territory are conducting a pre-investigation check,” the statement said.

Along with this, the UK said that two men became victims of the fire, and another was injured, although three dead were previously reported.

According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was the careless handling of fire while drinking alcohol.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergencies of Primorsky Krai announced a fire in a residential building in the cemetery in Vladivostok.

On October 9, Nevsky Novosti reported that in the Leningrad Region a preliminary investigation was organized into the death of a couple during a fire in a private residential building.