This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the senior assistant to the head of the GSU SK Russia in the capital, Julia Ivanov.

“Investigative bodies of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow on the fact of a fire in a nursing home opened a criminal case,” she said.

According to investigators, there were more than 50 people in the nursing home.

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. According to the latest data, two people were killed in a fire.