Almost 50 people were evacuated in a fire at a hostel in Izmailovo.

Firefighters extinguished a fire in a building in the east of Moscow. This was announced by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the capital on Friday, January 16.

"Personal belongings and furniture caught fire on the fifth floor of a five-story building. The fire was promptly eliminated by the measures taken. People left the building on their own. There was no information about the victims," the Moscow City News agency quoted the message.

The fire occurred at the address: Izmailovsky Boulevard, 49, in the hostel. 48 people evacuated on their own, according to 360.ru . The fire area was about 20 sq. m.

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A criminal investigation into the deaths of three children and their mother in a fire in an apartment building has been completed in the Moscow Region, RT reports. The person involved in the case is a 45-year-old resident of Moscow who rented an apartment in the village of Yurtsovo, the prosecutor's office clarified on January 14.

The investigation believes that in August 2024, he brought two batteries from cargo tricycles to the apartment and put them to charge in the corridor next to 10 household gas cylinders and solvent tanks. After a while, a fire started. The people in the apartment were cut off from the front door. The father of the family, his wife and four children jumped from the balcony to escape.

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