“On the night of March 8 to 9, 2020, a fire occurred in one of the wooden houses of the garden massif located in the Votkinsk district,” the UK said.

The victims of the fire were two adults and one child.

A criminal case has been instituted under part 3 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (causing death by negligence).

Three people died in the fire, among them two adults and one juvenile. Investigators consider a malfunction of electrical equipment as the main version of the fire.

Earlier in the Igrinsky district of Udmurtia, three people were killed in a fire and nine were injured.