Four citizens of Uzbekistan died in a fire near Moscow

In a fire in the Solnechnogorsk district near Moscow, four people – citizens of Uzbekistan – died and two more were injured.

Photo: Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations

Four foreign workers were killed and two were injured in a fire in a town from construction cabins in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region, a source in the emergency services told TASS.

“In the Solnechnogorsk district, during the construction of an object, there was a fire in the town. Four foreign workers were killed, two were injured,” the source said.

According to the report, all the dead and injured are citizens of Uzbekistan.

Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that the fire started at about 10:27 Moscow time. The combustion area was 200 square meters. At 15:40 the fire was completely extinguished.