Three people died in a fire in an apartment building in Primorye.

In the village of Galenki, Oktyabrsky district, Primorsky Krai, three people died in a fire in a one-story apartment building. This was reported on January 2 in the press service of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

"A fire broke out in a partially uninhabited one—story apartment building, as a result of which two men and a woman were killed, whose identities are being established," the press service said in a statement.

According to the agency, the fire was extinguished on an area of about 25 square meters. m. Experts are checking to determine the cause and all the circumstances of the fire.

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