As the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported, the baby was found behind the sofa, he was unconscious. Rescuers provided him with first aid. The child is alive.

“19 specialists and five units of equipment from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations worked on site,” the press service noted.

The report clarifies that a total of eight people were taken out of the house, two of whom were children. The apartment where the fire started was not equipped with a fire detector.

Earlier, a resident of the village of Yurgi, Abatsky district, Kemerovo region, told how she saved three children from a fire.