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BLAGOVESCHENSK, January 20 A two-year-old child died during a fire in a wooden two-apartment house in the village of Gorny, Zeya municipal district in the Amur region, while his parents were going to the store, a criminal case has been opened , reports the prosecutor's office of the Amur region.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Amur Center for Civil Protection and Fire Safety (CP and PB), a house fire on Tayozhny Lane occurred on Friday afternoon. Two fire stations of the fire service of the Amur Region, a volunteer fire brigade, a total of three pieces of equipment and 10 people were involved in the extinguishing.
“Upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that the house was burning with an open flame, clouds of black smoke were coming out of the glass in the windows, which had burst due to temperature. According to information, there could have been a baby born in 2021 in the house. According to the parents, they went to the store, leaving only one child at home «, says the message from the Amur Center for Civil Protection and Safety.
After an hour and a half, the fire was extinguished. Until Saturday afternoon, firefighters dismantled the structures of the burnt house to discover the body of the child. The deceased baby was found in one of the rooms of the apartment, the Civil Protection and Safety Center clarifies. An investigator from the department of supervisory activities and preventive work for the city of Zeya and the Zeya municipal district and an investigative and operational group are working at the scene of the fire. According to the Amur region prosecutor's office, there were problems with electrical wiring in the house. A criminal case has been initiated and is under departmental control.
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«In the Amur region, based on the materials of the prosecutor's audit, a criminal case was opened for causing death by negligence as a result of a fire , in which a two-year-old child died,” the department said in a statement.
According to the Amur Center for Civil Protection and Safety, over the past 24 hours, nine household fires occurred in the region, in which three children died: two in the Ivanovo district and one in Zeya.