At least eight workers have been killed following a fire at a temporary residence in the Crimean capital of Sevastopol.
Reuters reports that local police blamed the fire on an electrical device short-circuiting.
Two other workers who were hospitalised after the incident, and are in a stable condition.
The fire at the two-storey building has now been extinguished, according to The Moscow Times.
An estimated 100 construction workers lived in the temporary accommodation while they were working on a highway across Sevastopol’s peninsula.
A charge of “death by negligence” may be brought by authorities in the region.
The Russian occupation of Crimea began in 2014 after an independence referendum that was disputed by Kyiv.
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