Two people died in a fire in a village in the Pskov Region

The Investigative Committee is conducting an investigation into a fire in a private house in the Porkhovsky district of the Pskov region. Two people died as a result of the incident.

The fire was reported on February 17. The fire engulfed the house in the village of Starye Burigi. During the extinguishment were found the bodies of the 62-year-old owner of the house and his 51-year-old neighbor. About it writes Pskov newswire.

According to the preliminary version, the cause of burning could be a faulty wiring. Investigators have appointed medical and fire-technical examinations.

In St. Petersburg, the fire occurred in an eight-room apartment of an apartment building. The area of burning amounted to 20 square meters. meters. Two women and a child were injured as a result of the fire.