“The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Region Mogushkov I.Sh.

report on the investigative actions carried out, ”the message on the website of the Investigative Committee says.

A fire in the intensive care unit of the Nichoga Regional Infectious Disease Hospital, which treats patients with coronavirus, occurred on Friday morning, December 24.

Two patients died.

The fire occurred as a result of a short circuit in the electrical wiring.

Investigators opened a criminal case into the death of two people as a result of a fire in an infectious diseases hospital in Astrakhan.