The Ombudsman spoke about the fate of children rescued from a fire in the Khabarovsk Territory

Brief retelling from RIA II

A fire occurred in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in which a mother and her four children died.

Two girls rescued during the fire will not be sent to an orphanage because they still have relatives who can take them in.

A criminal case has been opened into the fire, and examinations have been ordered to determine the cause of the fire.

VLADIVOSTOK, October 9 – RIA Novosti. Two girls rescued during a fire in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in which a mother and four of her children died, will not be sent to an orphanage, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Khabarovsk Territory Pyotr Perevezentsev told RIA Novosti.

The fire occurred in the early morning of October 8 in a residential building on Gamarnika Street in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. During the fire extinguishing, the bodies of a mother and her four children were discovered. A neighbor managed to save two more children, six and ten years old.

“We don’t yet have plans to place them in an institution (orphanage - ed.),” Perevezentsev said.

He noted that the father of the family died in a special military operation, but the girls still have relatives who can accept them.