The prosecutor's office named the preliminary cause of the fire in the house in Khasavyurt.

The preliminary cause of the fire in a four-story house in the city of Khasavyurt is a short circuit in the electrical wiring. This was reported on May 6 by the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Dagestan.

"The preliminary reason is a short circuit in the electrical wiring," TASS quoted the agency as saying.

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A criminal case has been opened into the incident.

A fire in an apartment building in Khasavyurt occurred on May 5. Specialists eliminated open gorenje on the area of 700 sq. m. It was specified that 30 people were evacuated from the house.