“On the fact of the death of two young children during a fire in the village of Nunligran, Providensky urban district, as well as their mother, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art.
109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence to two or more persons) ", - said in the message of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
According to the ministry, the deceased woman was 25 years old, the children were one and five years old.
Investigators continue to work to identify the causes of the fire.
Earlier it became known that a mother and two children were killed in a fire in a residential building in Chukotka.