The case was initiated under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia (the performance of work or the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence).
“During the extinguishing of the fire, the bodies of nine people aged 66 to 90 years with thermal burns were found, another nine people were hospitalized,” the UK said.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was a wiring failure.
On the night of May 10 to 11, a fire broke out on the second floor of the Krasnogorsk private hospice "Second House".
Nine people died, nine more were hospitalized.
Six people are in intensive care, three in the therapy department.