VLADIVOSTOK, May 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — A fire in a residential building in Anadyr, the capital of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Area, killed five people and injured four others, a local investigative committee said.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire was caused by faulty electric home appliances. The fire broke out at 3:10 a.m. local time in the kitchen of an apartment. Dense smoke and carbon monoxide then rapidly spread throughout the space.
The flames caused the deaths of three men and a woman at the scene, while a fifth man died while being transported to the hospital.
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that 17 people were safely evacuated from the building. The fire has been extinguished, and investigations are underway. — NNN-XINHUA
