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Seven people dead in Russian house fire

Xinhua,December 02, 2017 Adjust font size:

MOSCOW, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Seven people, including two children, were killed Saturday after a fire broke out at a private house in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow, TASS news agency reported, citing the local emergency service.

The fire began at around 04:50 a.m.(0150 GMT) and lasted some 45 minutes, killing a woman, four men and two girls. A total of 20 firefighters and five vehicles were deployed to the site to put out the blaze.

Investigators are still working to find the cause of the incident. Enditem