A fire in a nursing home in the Kemerovo region, where four people died on Saturday night, began in the boiler room due to the emergency operation of electrical equipment. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in the emergency services.

"As a result of the emergency mode of electrical equipment in the boiler room of the boarding house, a fire occurred," said the agency's interlocutor. According to him, the boiler room is located opposite the rooms where the elderly were accommodated. “As a result, four of them died from poisoning with combustion products,” the source said.

Earlier, a fire occurred in the Golden Age boarding house in the Kemerovo region in the Pechatnik SNT. The fire occurred on an area of ​​10 sq. meters.

According to preliminary information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, four people died in the fire.

Another 48 people were evacuated. 48 people and 14 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

According to preliminary information, a short circuit became the cause of the fire. The automatic fire extinguishing system was activated in case of fire. The source also stressed that the number of victims of the fire may increase.

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