A pensioner died in a fire in a village in Bashkiria.

In the village of Talalaevka, Sterlitamak district of Bashkiria, a fire broke out in a private log house, an elderly woman died during the incident, her daughter and grandchildren were able to escape. This was announced on April 16 by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Firefighters and volunteers who promptly arrived at the scene extinguished the fire on an area of 24 square meters. m. Its cause is currently being determined.

"Unfortunately, a 74-year-old woman was found dead during the extinguishing. The investigator of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia established that the daughter of the deceased and two grandchildren, who managed to leave the house, were also in the house at the time of the fire," the department's Telegram channel said.

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