“A fire broke out in a two-story apartment building on Fasadnaya Street, Leninsky District, Novosibirsk, as a result of which a man and two women were killed.

Data on the identity and age of the victims are being established, ”the message says.

According to the preliminary version, the cause of the fire is careless handling of fire.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art.

109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (Causing death by negligence to two or more persons).

The circumstances of the incident are currently being established.

Earlier, a fire broke out in a residential building in the village of Krasny Altai, Rodinsky District, Altai Territory, in which three people died.