Death Toll In Residential Building Fire In Moscow Rises To 8 - Emergency Services

Death Toll in Residential Building Fire in Moscow Rises to 8 - Emergency Services

The body of the eighth victim of a fire in a residential building located in the center of Moscow has been discovered, a source the city's emergency services told Sputnik on Monday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th February, 2019) The body of the eighth victim of a fire in a residential building located in the center of Moscow has been discovered, a source the city's emergency services told Sputnik on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, a fire broke out in the house located at Nikitsky Boulevard. It was extinguished at 5:09 a.m. local time (02:09 GMT).

"Another body has been found. Thus, there are eight victims for now, and two of them are children," the representative said.

Earlier in the day, a representative of the city's emergency services told Sputnik that the body of the seventh victim was discovered, adding that it was yet to establish the victim's gender. Previous reports suggested that six people, including a child, had died as a result of the incident.