In Serov, a preventive measure was imposed on a teenager blamed for the deaths of two children in a summer house fire.
In Serov, a court has imposed a preventive measure on a 17-year-old teenager accused of causing a fire that killed two children.
In the Serov settlement of Medyankino, on the afternoon of January 1, 2026, a 14-year-old adolescent and a 12-year-old girl died in a fire in a gardening noncommercial partnership (SNT). Three other people were hospitalized.
The 17-year-old local resident has been charged with causing the death of two persons by negligence (part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the press service of the courts of the Sverdlovsk Region reports.
Investigators believe the fire may have occurred during an attempt to heat a stove using a flammable liquid. Investigators are also determining the causes and conditions that contributed to the tragedy.
The Serov District Court considered the investigator’s petition and imposed on the accused, born in 2008, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions until and including March 1, 2026. The court decision has not yet entered into legal force (it may be appealed — Uralweb note).
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In Serov, a preventive measure was imposed on a teenager blamed for the deaths of two children in a summer house fire.
A court in Serov ordered pretrial detention for a 17-year-old accused of causing a fire that killed two children. In the Serov settlement of Medyankino on January 1, 2026, a 14-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl died in a fire at a dacha.
