Separate fires at residential buildings and houses claimed at least 15 lives across Russia in the last 24 hours, local news agencies report.
Authorities in the Urals town of Chusovoi said on February 27 that six people, including three children, died in a fire that hit an apartment building overnight. According to preliminary investigations, an electric oven left switched on during the night might have been the cause of the incident.
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