The case was opened on the death of two children in a house fire in the Angara region.

In the Bratsk district of the Irkutsk region, a small girl and a boy died as a result of a fire in a private house. A criminal case has been opened, according to the regional Investigative Committee of Russia.

The fire occurred on the night of Wednesday, November 26, in the village of Tarma. A two-story wooden house on Druzhby Street caught fire.

Firefighters arrived and found the bodies of a seven-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy on the veranda of the house. Their one-year-old brother was with them, he suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and was taken to the intensive care unit in serious condition.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire area was 20 square meters. m. It is known that the children were alone in the house during the fire. The veranda door was locked.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Causing death by negligence to two persons." The prosecutor's office has also begun its investigation, IrkutskMedia news agency writes. All the circumstances of the tragedy are being established.

On the evening of November 25, a fire occurred in a three-apartment building in the city of Biryusinsk, Irkutsk region. An 82-year-old woman and her 60-year-old son were killed.