The case was opened on the death of three men in a fire in the Pskov region.

A criminal case has been opened in the Pskov region over the deaths of three men in a fire in a private house. This was reported to the Pskov news feed in the regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

The fire occurred early in the morning on June 2 in the village of Zahonye, Dedovichi district. The bodies of three men, who, as noted in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, rested there the day before, were found during extinguishing the fire.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the incident under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Causing death by negligence." According to the Criminal Code, the maximum sanction of this article provides for up to four years in prison, the minimum is restriction of liberty for the same period.

Investigators examined the scene together with rescuers. The exact cause of the fire, its source and other circumstances are being established.