3 killed in Moscow apartment fire

Two children and an adult were killed in a fire at a residential building in eastern Moscow, TASS news agency reported on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

"A fire broke out in a second-floor apartment in a residential building on Altayskaya Street. Two children and one adult died as a result. Identities are being established," a source was quoted by TASS as saying.

Eleven other people, including five children, were rescued, and the blaze was extinguished.