Seven People Dead After Fire in Residential House in Russia's Orsk - Ministry
Seven people died on Tuesday as a result of a heavy fire in a residential house in the Russian city of Orsk, located in the Orenburg Region, the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st January, 2019) Seven people died on Tuesday as a result of a heavy fire in a residential house in the Russian city of Orsk, located in the Orenburg Region, the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.
Local emergencies services received a call about the fire at 5:57 a.m.
Moscow time (02:57 GMT) with the blaze having hit 5 square meters (about 54 square feet).
"At 6:13 a.m. the fire was contained. Seven bodies of victims have been found," the statement said.
Three of the victims are children aged 4 years, 6 years and 5 months.
Governor of the Orenburg Region Yury Berg left Orenburg for Orsk to attend the site of the tragedy. An investigation into the deadly fire has been initiated.