A criminal case was opened in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug after the deaths of seven people in a fire in Surgut.

After the death of seven people in a fire in a country house in Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug), the police opened a criminal case. This was reported in the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the region.

"A criminal case has been opened on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence to two or more persons)," the agency's Telegram channel says.

The news is being updated.