“At 03:57 Moscow time on Saturday, a message was received that a fire broke out in a five-story apartment building down Ingushskaya Street in Nalchik.

The apartment on the fourth floor was engulfed in fire, ”the Emergencies Ministry said.

It is noted that the fire was localized at 04:22 Moscow time, and at 04.32 it was completely liquidated.

“As a result of the fire, a woman born in 1939 and a boy born in 2009 died,” the department said.

Earlier it was reported that the body of a man was found at the site of a fire in a residential building in Kandalaksha, Murmansk region, and the Investigative Committee is conducting a check on the incident.