A pensioner died in a fire in a private house in the Angara region.

An 85-year-old woman died in a fire in the Tulunsky district of the Irkutsk region. This is reported by the regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

The fire occurred on Thursday morning, September 18, in the village of Sheragul. A log cabin caught fire on Lenin Street.

A member of the gas and smoke protection service entered the building and found the body of an 85-year-old woman on the floor in the room. The fire area was 30 square meters. m, says IA IrkutskMedia.

According to the information established by the investigators, the cause of the fire was a violation of fire safety rules during the operation of the furnace.

On the night of September 17, a man died as a result of a fire in a private house in the Pskov region. The cause of the fire could be careless handling of fire.

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