As reported by Delfi, citing the state fire and rescue service (VUGD), the signal of the fire arrived at the control room at about five in the morning: the corridor and living quarters, as well as the roof of the six-story building, were on fire.
The bodies of eight victims were found at the site of the fire.
Nine more people were injured, a total of 20 people were evacuated.
Riga Mayor Martins Stakis said that the fire broke out in the premises of the hostel, where most of the guests are foreigners.
The combustion area was 140 sq.
m, 50 firefighters work at the site.
Earlier it was reported that one firefighter was killed and two more received serious burns while extinguishing a fire in the building of the Nevskaya Manufactura factory in St. Petersburg.