In the Irkutsk region, two children died in a fire in a residential building

In the Irkutsk region, two children died in a fire in a residential building

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As a result of a fire in a semi-detached residential building in the village of Sorty in the Irkutsk region, two children died. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

“Before the fire departments arrived, the neighbors carried two unconscious children out of the apartment and tried to carry out resuscitation measures. The dead are children born in 2017 and 2019,” the message says.

The first to arrive at the scene was a volunteer fire brigade from the neighboring village of Troitsk, and three fire brigades of the Russian Emergencies Ministry from the village of Zalari were also sent. Extinguishing the fire continued for half an hour, the total area of ​​which was 45 square meters. m.

An operational group of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Irkutsk Region was sent to the village of Sorty to conduct investigative actions and clarify the circumstances of the fire. The task force includes a psychologist who will work with the relatives of the victims.

The investigating authorities of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Irkutsk region opened a criminal case under part 3 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Causing death by negligence to two persons.” According to investigators, a five-year-old girl and her three-year-old brother died. It was established that the parents went to the store for a short time, and the children at that time were left at home alone.

Source: Rosbalt

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