Overview
- In St. Petersburg’s Rzhevka-1 gardening cooperative, a woman and her children, aged 6 and 3, were found dead after a two‑story home burned down.
- The blaze there started in one house and spread to a second home, a bathhouse, outbuildings, and three cars, according to local authorities.
- Two children in the second house evacuated on their own after a reported pop from a gas cylinder and were not injured.
- In Penza, a fire in a private home burned about 80 square meters inside; two people were found dead as firefighters dismantled the debris.
- Emergency services reported preventing the Penza fire from reaching neighboring homes, deploying seven vehicles and 29 personnel, while identities of the victims are being established and assistance is being provided to affected families.