April 8, in the west of Moscow there was a fire in the nursing home "Third Age". As a result of the accident, at least two people were killed. According to the press service of the capital’s Ministry of Emergencies, the application for a fire in the administrative building at the address: 3rd Myakininskaya Street, 12, arrived at 21:30 Moscow time. The fire was assigned the third difficulty rank out of five possible. Rescuers managed to completely eliminate the fire at 22:20 Moscow time.

“The electric cable was burning on the 1st and also minus 1st floors on an area of ​​15 square meters. 50 people were saved, they were handed over to doctors to check the condition. Unfortunately, two people died, ”the message of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow says.

The Minister of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev and the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Beautification Peter Biryukov also arrived at the scene. According to him, the fire area amounted to 300 square meters, the boiler room on the basement of the building became the focus of fire.

“As a result of the fire, 10 people were injured, including one firefighter who, during the evacuation of patients, gave his mask to the patient and himself breathed on combustion products,” he said.

The guests of the private boarding house will be transferred to the city social security institutions, said Anastasia Rakova, deputy mayor of Moscow on social development issues.

“Everyone will be provided with assistance, if necessary, psychological or medical. We keep the situation under control, ”she said.

Mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin expressed his condolences to the relatives of pensioners who died in a fire.

“All necessary medical assistance is provided to the injured. A thorough investigation of the causes of the incident will be conducted, ”the mayor wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow announced the initiation of a criminal case on fire. The department notes that experienced investigators and forensic experts of the Main Directorate of the capital's IC are working at the scene.

“A complex of investigative actions is being conducted aimed at establishing all the circumstances of what happened. Witnesses and eyewitnesses are questioned, for further study, recordings from video surveillance cameras are seized. To determine the cause and source of fire, the investigation will appoint a series of examinations. As part of the investigation, fire safety measures in a nursing home will be checked for compliance with statutory requirements. The criminal investigation is ongoing, ”the report said.

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According to TASS, citing a source in emergency services, the cause of a fire in a nursing home was a short circuit.

“A preliminary reason has been established: a short circuit, possibly due to overheating of the cable,” the source said.

PE in Orekhovo-Zuev and Magnitogorsk

Over the past few weeks, several different emergencies have occurred in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

So, on the evening of March 26 on the second floor of a residential building in Magnitogorsk there was an explosion of a gas-air mixture, which led to a fire, which was assigned an increased level of complexity. The incident killed two people - a woman and a child born in 2006. In addition, two more children were injured.

The Investigative Committee for the Chelyabinsk Region opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code (“Causing death by negligence of two or more persons”). The governor of the region, Alexei Teksler, stated that careless handling of gas during repairs is considered the main cause of the explosion.

A day later, a man was detained who brought a gas bottle, which resulted in an explosion. The Ordzhonikidze district court of Magnitogorsk chose a preventive measure in the form of two months in custody, until May 26.

April 4, an explosion of domestic gas occurred in a residential building in Orekhovo-Zuev. As a result of the incident, five apartments were completely destroyed. The death of three people was recorded, ten residents were injured. As pointed out by the representative of the GSU SK in the Moscow region Olga Vradiy, the investigation is considering several versions of what happened, the main of which is careless handling of household gas.

“The criminal case on the provision of services that do not meet the safety requirements and resulted in the death of three people as a result of gas popping in a residential building (part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia) was transferred to the 1st Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the State Civil Investigation Department for further investigation IC of Russia in the Moscow region, ”the department noted on April 7.