ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 3 (RIA Novosti) - Three children died in a house fire overnight in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan, a regional emergencies ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
Firefighters were called to the blaze in the town of Kizlyar late Friday night, the spokesman said.
"The bodies of the three children, between one and four years old, were found as firefighters searched through the debris," the spokesman said.
Fire investigators are currently investigating the cause of the blaze.