The fire and rescue service received a message about a fire in a private residential building on Chicherin Street at 19-33 local time on Sunday. Within 10 minutes, firefighters were on the scene. In the course of extinguishing the fire, they found two people, a man and a woman unconscious, who were handed over to the doctors who arrived on the scene. Unfortunately, both passed away in the ambulance.
When the fire brigade arrived, the roof of the house was engulfed in flames, the house was burning inside. The fire damaged an area of about 40 square meters.
Investigators from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and investigators from the regional TFR are currently working on the scene. They must establish the causes and circumstances of the fire.