A fire broke out in a residential building in Yekaterinburg, Russia, killing 8 people.

According to a report by the Russian News Agency, in the early morning of the 12th local time, a serious fire broke out in a residential building in Yekaterinburg, Russia, killing eight people.

According to the local emergency department, the fire occurred on the two floors of the residential building, covering an area of 30 square meters, and one of the eight dead was a child.

After the fire broke out, the local fire department quickly dispatched rescue teams to carry out fire fighting operations, and also urgently evacuated the residents of the building.

At present, the fire has been put out, and evacuated residents have been placed in a nearby stadium.