House fire in Russia destroys home, kills five people RYAZAN, Russia, March 31 (UPI) -- At least five people died Sunday when fire engulfed a house in the central Russian town of Ryazan, the Interior Ministry said. The fire erupted on Sunday morning ... in a house that belonged to a 40-year-old female resident of the regional center. As a result of the blaze, five people were killed in the fire," the ministry said in a statement. The wooden one-story house was completely destroyed by the fire, RIA Novosti reported. The identities of the victims and the cause of the fire were not reported. The most frequent causes of residential fires are negligence, careless smoking and failure to comply with fire safety rules, RIA Novosti reported.