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Criminal Case Opened After Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Apartment Fire Kills Four, Including Two Children

The case signals a formal probe into a blaze leaving two children and two men dead.

Overview

  • Regional investigators opened a criminal case following a fatal apartment fire in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky that claimed four lives.
  • The Ministry of Health of Kamchatka Krai confirmed the deaths of two children and two adult men.
  • GU EMERCOM reported the alarm was received at 10:29, with the fire fully extinguished by 11:00 on a preliminary area of about 10 square meters.
  • Three detachments from Fire-Rescue Unit No. 3 responded with 12 personnel and three vehicles.
  • Firefighters found the victims unconscious during a reconnaissance and performed resuscitation until ambulances arrived, but the victims could not be saved; State Fire Supervision is determining the cause.