MOSCOW, November 9 - Three children and two adults have been killed in a fire that gutted a wooden house in the central Russian region of Tver, local police said Tuesday.

The victims were two children aged four and six, a girl who attended secondary school, a 62-year-old woman and the owner of the house.

The fire is thought to have started after a short circuit in an electrical appliance.

The regional center, Tver, is about 120 miles from Moscow.
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