Five people died in a fire that broke out in a private house in northern Kazakhstan, the republic's emergencies ministry said on Sunday.
The fire broke out early on Sunday in the house in Petropavlovsk in the Northern Kazakhstan region. The firefighters found five dead people at the scene of the accident, the emergencies ministry said.
The fire raged on an area of 28 square meters and was extinguished by the firefighters in about three hours, the emergencies ministry said.