Five teenagers injured in garage fire in Russia's Perm Krai, officials say
In short
Five teenagers were injured in a fire in a garage in Russia's Perm Krai, according to TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said three of them were taken to hospital with burns and that the minors suffered thermal burns of varying severity. An investigation into the incident is under way, TASS reported.
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Five teenagers were injured in a fire in a garage in Perm Krai, according to reports from TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said three of them were taken to hospital with burns. In a later report, TASS said the minors had suffered thermal burns of varying severity and that an investigation was being conducted in the region, also referred to as Prikamye. RIA Novosti reported the same figure of five injured teenagers without further detail. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
None of the reports named the city or district where the fire occurred, gave the ages of those injured, or stated a cause. The two agencies are both official Russian state news outlets, and their accounts of the casualty figure agree. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The reports come from Russia's two main state news agencies and concern injuries to minors, which in Russian practice typically triggers an official check by regional authorities. The documents give no detail beyond the region, so the incident's wider significance is limited.
Key facts
- Five teenagers were injured in a fire in a garage in Perm Krai, the two agencies reported. [ 1 , 3 ]
- Three of those injured were taken to hospital with burns, according to TASS. [ 1 ]
- The injured minors suffered thermal burns of varying severity, TASS reported. [ 2 ]
- An investigation is being conducted in Perm Krai after the teenagers were injured, TASS reported. [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- The condition of the hospitalised teenagers is not given beyond burns of varying severity. Only TASS reports the hospitalisations and the descriptions of the injuries; no further medical detail appears in the documents.
- The cause of the fire is not stated. None of the documents mentions a cause.
- The specific city or district in Perm Krai where the fire occurred is not named. The reports refer only to the region as a whole.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- TASS reports that five teenagers were injured in a garage fire in Perm Krai and that three were taken to hospital with burns. [ 1 ]
- TASS reports that an investigation is being conducted in Perm Krai after the teenagers were injured and that they suffered thermal burns of varying severity. [ 2 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that five teenagers were injured in a garage fire in Perm Krai. [ 3 ]