Two people detained after a fire in a hotel in Moscow

This was reported by the representative of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee in Moscow, Yulia Ivanova.

“In the order of Art.

91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Russia, the general director of a private organization born in 1971, which leased the building, as well as the manager of the hotel born in 1979, were detained as suspects, ”TASS quoted Ivanova as saying.

The fire in the hotel "Vechny Zov Kozhukhovskaya" occurred on the night of May 4.

At the time of the emergency, there were 305 people in the building.

Two people died and 12, including eight children, were hospitalized after the fire.