The unified dispatching service of the Kemerovo municipal district said that a short circuit, according to preliminary data, caused a fire in the Golden Age boarding house for the elderly in the Kemerovo region. TASS reports.

“Previously, the cause of the fire was a short circuit, the fire was on an area of ​​10 square meters. meters, there is no data on liquidation yet. In total, there were 48 people in the boarding house, four of them died, ”said the dispatching service.

According to a source from the agency, the automatic fire extinguishing system turned on when the fire broke out. The source also stressed that the number of victims of the fire may increase.

Earlier, a fire occurred in the Golden Age boarding house in the Kemerovo region in the Pechatnik SNT.

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 data from open sources, the boarding house is commercial and is intended for round-the-clock stay of the elderly.

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