“As a result of the fire on Ferina Street, two women were killed, another man was taken to the hospital,” RIA Novosti quoted the agency as saying.
The department also clarified that the open burning was eliminated at 22:15 local time (20:15 Moscow time. - RT ). 22 people and eight pieces of equipment took part in putting out the fire.
On November 9, Oleg Makarov, the head of the Kholm-Zhirkovsky district in the Smolensk region, died helping to extinguish the fire.