In Moscow, a pensioner was hospitalized with burns after making candles.

A pensioner from Moscow suffered serious burns during the manufacture of candles made of paraffin, as a result of which she was hospitalized. A law enforcement source told Izvestia about this on March 9.

The incident happened on Perekopskaya Street in Cheryomushki district. The emergency services received a call about a fire in the apartment of one of the houses.

"A pensioner born in 1958 was warming it up (paraffin. — Ed.) for making candles and received burns to various parts of her body," the source said.

The woman was hospitalized. At the moment, an investigation is underway into the incident.

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Earlier, on February 27, a fire broke out in an apartment building on Planernaya Street in Moscow, as a result of which a woman and three children were injured.