A man died in a fire in Shakhts, and a nine-year-old child was saved by neighbors

In Shakhts, a fire in a residential building claimed the life of a 35-year-old man. The incident occurred on November 12 in the building No. 80a on Nakhimov Street.

The fire began to spread to household items. Soon the area of the fire increased to 15 square meters.

Neighbors noticed smoke and called emergency services. Without waiting for firefighters to arrive, they pulled a nine-year-old boy inside the burning house through the window. The child suffered abrasions and was taken to hospital.

Six Emergencies Ministry specialists on two fire trucks arrived at the site. During the extinguishing, they found the 35-year-old owner of the house dead.

Presumably, the fire occurred due to careless handling of fire when smoking. The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined.