MOSCOW, April 26 About 120 houses have fallen into disrepair due to a fire in the Sverdlovsk village of Sosva, only three or four houses are subject to restoration, the head of the Sosvinsky urban district said Gennady Makarov.
«About 120 houses fell into disrepair, completely burned down. Only houses 3-4 can be restored,» he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Hot and windy weather caused the fire to spread , added Makarov.
Earlier, Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the regional head office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said that the cause of a large fire in the village could be smoldering sawdust on the territory of a local timber processing enterprise.
settlement Sosva arose in the afternoon on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, the fire was localized at 9,000 square meters. One person died. The village has declared a state of emergency. The Investigative Committee opened two criminal cases — about the possible negligence of officials and causing death to a person whose body was found during the extinguishing.