“The district prosecutor’s office put in control the progress of the criminal investigation instituted by the investigating authorities under part 3 of art. 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (Causing death by negligence to two or more persons), ”the statement quoted by TASS reads.
According to preliminary data, the children were at home with their mother and her roommate, who were not injured.
Earlier it was reported that three children were killed and two more were injured in a fire in a private house in the village of Yelan, Sverdlovsk Region.