"On April 22, at 23:28 (Moscow time), a message about a fire in a private house was received at the ODS of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Rostov region," the message says.
At 00:15 (Moscow time) the fire was extinguished.
As TASS clarifies with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies, two people died as a result of the fire.
Earlier, in the Penza region, as a result of a fire in a wooden house, three people were killed.