It is reported by TASS.

It is specified that the deputy head of the department, Ilya Denisov and Anatoly Suprunovsky, who supervise the Main Directorate of Fire Protection and the Department of Supervisory Activities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, respectively, arrived at the scene.

Previously, the owner of the building, from whom the head of the shelter rented premises, was installed and delivered to the department.

Also, the organizer of the nursing home was brought to the investigative department.

On the night of December 24, a large fire broke out in a private nursing home in Kemerovo, as a result of which 22 people died.

On the fact of the tragedy, investigators opened a criminal case under several articles of the Russian Criminal Code.