According to the Investigative Committee, the fire occurred in the two-story building of the State Budgetary Institution "Toropetsky psycho-neurological boarding school", located in the village of Dergino, Toropetsky district.

“At present, an investigator of the Investigative Committee is working at the scene, an examination is being carried out, eyewitnesses of the incident are being questioned.

The exact number of victims is being established, ”the UK said.

It was also scheduled to conduct fire-technical and forensic medical examination.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that four people were injured in a fire in a neuropsychiatric boarding school in the village of Dergino in the Tver region.