The TFR began checking after a fire in the Novgorod colony, where one prisoner died in the Novgorod colony, as a result of which one prisoner died and four were injured. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the regional department of the department.
According to the ICR, the fire in the colony No. 4 in Valdai began in the early morning of December 6. A man born in 1994 was found dead in one of the cells. Four more convicts were hospitalized after the fire. Investigators intend to examine the scene. Based on the results of the inspection, a decision will be made to initiate a criminal case.
The fire could have started from an unextinguished cigarette butt, an informed source told Interfax. A version of the ignition of an unaccounted electrical appliance is also being considered.
The regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service clarified that at 6:00 local time the fire began in the room for storing bedding in the punishment cell. The colony staff evacuated 29 prisoners and gave them self-rescuers. One convict was found without signs of life, resuscitation measures did not give results, his death was pronounced due to poisoning with combustion products. Four were hospitalized.
It took an hour and a half to extinguish the fire. Its area was nine square meters.