A residential house in the Mykolaiv region caught fire, resulting in the tragic death of a woman.

On the afternoon of Monday, December 23, a fire broke out in a residential house in the village of Yurievka, located in the Snegirevskaya community of the Bashtanka district in the Mykolaiv region.

This information was reported by the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region.

After lunch, a report was received on the emergency line "101" indicating that a residential house was on fire.

Firefighters from the 24th State Fire and Rescue Unit were dispatched to the scene. During the reconnaissance, they discovered the body of a deceased woman born in 1950 in the premises.

The fire was extinguished at 12:32, covering an area of 40 square meters. It was noted that the blaze was caused by a short circuit in the electrical network.