According to the department, the fire took place in the village of Kirikeevo in a residential building on Zaki Validi Street. 

“At the time of the fire, there was a large family in the house, including 5 children.

There are 7 children in the family, two were at school at the time of the fire, ”the department said.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the mother of the children was in the yard when fire detectors worked in the house.

She ran into the house and took the children outside.

The message indicates that the house was completely destroyed by fire.

Earlier RIA56 reported that a criminal case was opened in Orenburg after a fire in which a one-year-old child died.