The court arrested the owner of a sauna in Prokopyevsk until March 31.

The court arrested the owner of a sauna in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region, where five teenagers died as a result of a fire. This was reported on February 2 in the joint press center of the courts of the region.

"Following the consideration of the investigator's petition, the accused was given a preventive measure in the form of detention until 03/31/2026," the Telegram channel said.

Earlier that day, the Central District Court of Kemerovo chose a preventive measure for the sauna administrator in Prokopyevsk. The court ordered the accused to be placed under house arrest.

The death of five teenagers in a fire in a private sauna in Prokopyevsk became known on January 31. The recorded fire was eliminated at the same time on an area of 70 square meters. m. A criminal case was opened on the fact of the incident under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life or health of consumers").

Later, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation informed about the detention of the sauna administrator, with whom investigative actions began. It was noted that all documentation, as well as footage from surveillance cameras, were seized. An individual entrepreneur and his brother were also detained.

According to the mother of one of the dead boys in a conversation with Izvestia, her son went to a classmate's party. As a result, at some point the teenager stopped contacting. When the young man's parents contacted the administrator of the leisure facility, they were told that there had been a fire. At the scene of the incident, the arriving parents were given their children's mobile devices, one of which had a flashlight on.

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