MOSCOW, May 12 (UPI) -- A house fire in Siberia killed six people, including five children, officials said Sunday.
The fire started at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday inside a one-story wooden house in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk territory, RIA Novosti reported.
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Firefighters put out the blaze in a little over an hour.
"The fire left six people dead, including a girl aged 1.5 years and four boys, aged two, four, six and seven years. The identity of the sixth victim is being established," said a statement from the regional emergencies service issued Sunday.
About 15,000 people die in fires annually in Russia, RIA Novosti said.
