In the Moscow region, two people died in a fire in a private house.

Two people died in a fire in a private house in the Moscow region. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the region on Wednesday, August 20.

A fire was reported in a private house in the village of Luch in the Chekhov municipal district at night.

"Upon the arrival of the first units, the house was completely engulfed in flames. Two people died in the fire," the department told the Moscow City News agency.

25 specialists and nine pieces of equipment were involved in the liquidation. As a result, a fire broke out on an area of 144 sq. m. m was extinguished.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that there was no fire detector in the house that would have warned residents about smoke, according to the website. kp.ru . According to preliminary data, the fire was caused by an emergency operation of the power grid.

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Four helicopters and a train were involved in extinguishing the fire

On the same day, two adults and a one-and-a-half-year-old child became victims of a fire in the village of Chashi in the Kargapolsky district of the Kurgan region. 360.ru .

According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was the careless handling of fire by children. The guards opened a criminal case into the incident.

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