BLAGOVESCHENSK, February 4 A pre-investigation check into the fact that a 3-year-old child was injured in a fire was organized in Blagoveshchensk, reports the SUSC of the Amur Region on Telegram.
The fire occurred on Saturday evening in an apartment in a multi-storey building. The fire covered 20 square meters. Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations brought out 8 people, including two children. Firefighters found an unconscious small child behind the sofa; he was alone in the apartment. He was given first aid and taken to the hospital, the regional emergency department reported.
«»On February 3 in Blagoveshchensk, while extinguishing a fire in an apartment in a building on Pionerskaya Street, a 3-year-old boy was found. The child was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Upon the fact of the child being injured, the investigative department for the city of Blagoveshchensk of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Amur Region organized conducting a pre-investigation check,» the SUSC said in a statement.
The investigator examined the scene of the incident. A fire-technical forensic examination has been appointed. According to preliminary information, the child was left alone at home, the cause of the fire was careless handling of fire, as specified in the text.