A fire broke out in a residential building at 15/2 Gorky Street in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, claiming the lives of four people, including two children, the Russian Investigative Committee's local department said on Telegram.


The department said four ambulance crews were involved at the scene, per Caliber.Az.


The victims suffered injuries incompatible with life.


The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into the deaths.


The department added that investigators are carrying out the necessary procedural actions to determine all the circumstances of the incident.


By Khagan Isayev