Official car of the Investigative Committee KEMEROVO, Jan 8 A criminal case was initiated over the death of people in a fire in a private boarding house in Kuzbass, the press service of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo region reports. 48 people were evacuated. Previously, four people were killed. Later, the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire had been extinguished. The regional prosecutor's office organized a check. On this fact, the investigators of the Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo Region opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence). According to the investigation, the fire occurred in the utility room of the boarding house, after which the fire alarm went off. After extinguishing the fire, rescuers found the bodies of three men in the room opposite, and the body of an 87-year-old woman in another room. 
The prosecutor's office organized an inspection after a fire in a boarding house in Kuzbass. It is specified that, according to preliminary information, the cause of the fire could be a malfunction of the electrical wiring. «Currently, a number of examinations have been assigned, including forensic examinations to establish the causes of death of the victims, and fire-technical examinations to determine the causes of the fire. an individual entrepreneur who owns a boarding house, investigators work with him. Documentation that is important for the investigation of a criminal case was seized. Investigators of the territorial Investigative Committee, management of the department are working at the scene. The necessary investigative actions are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the incident, » It is noted that the criminal case has been transferred to the investigation department to investigate especially important cases of the investigative department. 
In Kemerovo area in the boarding house there was a fire
