YAKUTSK, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Four children died on Thursday in a house fire in the village of Chinek in Russia's northeastern Siberian Republic of Yakutia, a source in the republic's emergencies ministry said.
"The fire killed four preschool-age children, who were left unattended," the source said.
The house was almost completely destroyed by the blaze, which firemen suspect was caused by carelessness.
An investigation is underway.
