A woman died as a result of a fire in an apartment building in Chelyabinsk.

In Chelyabinsk, a woman died and a man was injured as a result of a fire in an apartment building. This was reported on May 26 in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

"At night, an apartment on the third floor of a residential building caught fire along Kommunarov Street, followed by the spread of fire to the roof of the building," the department said in a Telegram channel message.

It is specified that a woman died as a result of the fire, and the injured man was hospitalized.

Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations eliminated the fire on an area of 40 square meters. m. It was previously established that the cause of the incident was an emergency operation of the power grid or electrical equipment.

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (AO) reported on May 22 that five people died in a fire in an apartment building in the city of Anadyr in Chukotka, 17 were rescued, four of whom were hospitalized with injuries. Previously, the fire occurred due to careless handling of fire.