The fate of five people remains unknown after a fire in a residential building for builders on Neftyanaya Street in Sevastopol. This was reported on February 2 in emergency services.
“According to updated information, the fate of five builders is unknown,” RIA Novosti was told there.
In connection with the fire, the Main Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol opened a criminal case on causing death by negligence to two or more persons (part 3 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
As Izvestiya reported, the residential module for builders, where the fire broke out at night, had 38 rooms and was intended to accommodate about 190 people. At the time of the fire, there were 185 people in it, most of them were able to leave the premises on their own. Initially, six people were killed and two others were injured.
The prosecutor’s office of Sevastopol initiated an inspection after a fire in a building change house. Compliance with the requirements of fire safety legislation during the operation of the building will be checked. In addition, the course of a procedural check, which is being carried out by law enforcement officers, was put under control.
