MOSCOW, Jan 21 (NNN-TASS) – The death toll from a fire that broke out in a one-story wooden residential building, in the village of Prichulymsky in Russia‘s Tomsk region, rose to 11 people, Russia‘s Emergencies Ministry said today (Tuesday), as investigators announced the opening of a criminal case into the incident.
“At 07:03 Moscow time (04:03 GMT), the body of an eleventh person was discovered,” the Emergencies Ministry said, in a press statement.
The Tomsk regional branch of the Russian Investigative Committee, announced the opening of criminal proceedings into the fire, on account of negligence resulting in the deaths of two or more persons.
The fire broke out in the residential building,in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to reports, 11 people were killed in the blaze while two people were able to escape. A representative of the regional emergency services said, the victims may be foreign nationals.
The Tomsk regional governor, Sergey Zhvachkin, is leading the operational headquarters established in connection with the incident.
