“At 00:20 Moscow time, a message was received about a fire at the address: Chertanovskaya street, house 18, where a fire took place in one of the apartments located on the 9th floor of a residential building.

Three people died as a result of the fire, ”TASS reports.

According to the department, the fire area was 20 square meters

meters.

At the moment the fire has been liquidated, its causes are being established.

Earlier, one person died in a fire in an apartment in the west of Moscow.

In August, the Moscow 24 website reported that the Investigative Committee opened a case on the death of a child in a fire in a private house in the Moscow region.