Overview
- In Chapayevsk, an eight-year-old girl died in a house fire of about 70 square meters, with three others hospitalized in serious to moderate condition.
- Investigators in the Samara region opened a criminal case under Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code for causing death by negligence, citing careless handling of fire as a preliminary version.
- In Sochi, an auto service and adjacent premises burned over more than 1,000 square meters, 328 people were evacuated from a nearby mall, and three people including a 17-year-old girl were hospitalized as the fire was fully extinguished.
- In Torzhok, a shoe factory warehouse fire spanning roughly 5,000 square meters was first localized and later completely put out, with no reported injuries.
- In Astana, firefighters tackled a three-story building blaze under an elevated response level with about 100 personnel and 24 units of equipment, and no injuries were reported to emergency services.