“According to preliminary information, two dead were found as a result of the fire,” the report said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in his Twitter wrote that in a private boarding house for the elderly, there was a fire in the basement of the building, most of the living citizens were saved.

In a private pension for the elderly, a fire occurred in the basement of the building. Most resident citizens are saved. The work is ongoing.

- Sergey Sobyanin (@MosSobyanin) April 8, 2020

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergencies reported that in the west of the capital on the minus the first floor of the building there was a fire. As the media wrote, we are talking about a nursing home.

Later, the fire was eliminated.