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Separate Fires Across Russia Kill Four, Injure Children and Force Major Evacuations

Official reports highlight rapid rescues, with cause and damage assessments still pending in several cases.

Overview

  • In Lunino, Penza region, a 60‑square‑meter log house burned out, leaving three people dead while a 40‑year‑old man was rescued, according to the regional Emergency Ministry.
  • Penza authorities cited careless handling of fire as the preliminary cause and said three vehicles and seven personnel were deployed to extinguish the blaze.
  • In Voronezh, an apartment fire at 191‑B on 9 Yanvarya Street killed a man born in 1984 and injured three children born in 2011, 2013 and 2015, who were hospitalized at ODKB No. 2.
  • Voronezh responders received the alert at 02:05, localized the fire by 02:32 on an area of 20 square meters, fully extinguished it by 02:40 and evacuated nine people.
  • In Vladivostok, firefighters arrived eight minutes after a 23:31 call, rescued 42 residents including four children and reported one injured woman born in 1936, with no fatalities as the cause and damages are being established.