A big fire in a three-storey house in central Yekaterinburg, Russia killed two people and wounded five; among them a 2-year old child. The identity of the victims is not established yet.

The fire broke out at 3:06 a.m. Moscow time on the last floor of the old building on Malisheva Street. When the fire brigades arrived at the emergency site, the flames already swept through the building, however they managed to localize the fire. According to the preliminary data, the fire area involved 600 m2.