“According to investigators, on January 17, a fire broke out in one of the apartments of an apartment building in Petrozavodsk.

When extinguishing the fire in the apartment, the bodies of two dead women and one man were found.

In addition, two living men and a three-year-old child were removed from the premises, ”the report says.

It is specified that during the provision of resuscitation measures, the child died.

A case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under the article of the Criminal Code of Russia "Causing death by negligence to two or more persons."

The necessary investigative actions are being carried out in the case, forensic medical examinations have been appointed.

Earlier, four people died as a result of a fire in a private house in the village of Pyatidvorka, Verkhneuslonsky district of Tatarstan.