The head of the UK demanded a report on the fire in Sterlitamak

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin requested a report on the investigation of the circumstances of the death of people in a fire in a shopping complex in Bashkir Sterlitamak, the press service of the department reported.

"The chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the SU IC of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan V.V. Arkhangelsky to submit a report on the progress of the investigation of the criminal case and the established circumstances," the report said.

As the press service of the EMERCOM of Russia specified, the number of victims of the fire in the shopping center increased to nine. Earlier, the department reported four dead and four injured.

The fire in the shopping complex "Sunny" in Sterlitamak occurred on the afternoon of September 22. The fire began on the second floor of a four-story building on Communist Street.

The area of the fire was estimated at about 2.1 thousand square meters. Rescuers evacuated 17 people, including one child.

According to TASS, in the fire in Sterlitamak killed three sisters. Two of them worked in the studio in the building of the complex, the third came to them shortly before the fire.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence of two or more persons) on the fact of death of people in a fire.