Eight people died in a fire that broke out last night in an apartment building in the village of Kilmez in the Kirov region of Russia.
The fire has been completely extinguished, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported.
Experts from the fire laboratory and investigators from the Russian Emergencies Ministry are working at the scene. The cause of the fire is being clarified.
Firefighters arrived three minutes after the alarm was raised. The building was home to 11 people, mostly pensioners, three of whom managed to quickly evacuate.
The regional investigation department of the Investigative Committee of Russia is establishing the circumstances surrounding the incident. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved. The regional prosecutor's office has launched an investigation.