Eight people died in a fire in a high-rise building in the southeast of Moscow

It is reported by RIA Novosti.

The fire occurred on the first floor of the house at the address: Alma-Atinskaya street, 7, building 2.

"Preliminarily, eight people died," the emergency services said in a statement.

It is specified that a hostel is located in the building at this address.

Earlier it was reported that a major fire occurred in the Lotos shopping center in Yaroslavl.