A fire broke out in the nightclub "Polygon" in Kostroma at night, in the morning the regional prosecutor's office reported 13 dead, a criminal case was opened under the article on "inflicting death by negligence on two or more persons," TASS reports . "Komsomolskaya Pravda" reports that the death toll has increased to 15. Baza also cites data on 15 deaths, four victims are in the hospital.
Law enforcement officials told TASS that visitors staged a mass brawl before the fire.
According to the Telegram channel "112", two people were injured in the fight, one of the visitors of the restaurant launched a rocket launcher at an opponent and fled, they are looking for him.
During the fire, the roof collapsed, some visitors did not have time to get out. At night, rescuers evacuated 250 people.