A fire at a Dagestani kindergarten resulted in a criminal case.

The kindergarten students will be placed in other preschools in the Akhvakh District.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," residents of the village of Mokok recorded a video message to the head of Dagestan asking for a new school building to be built to replace the one damaged in a fire six years ago. Officials promised to take the issue under control, but explained that there is no money in the republic's budget for the construction of a new school.

A fire in a school building in the village of Mokok, Tsuntinsky District, occurred in October 2018. The fire engulfed 580 square meters, burning down one of the two classroom buildings. Students continued their education in the surviving building in three shifts.

A fire that occurred at a kindergarten in the village of Karata in the Akhvakh District on January 14 completely destroyed the building and adjacent outbuildings. There were no injuries.

According to one theory, the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit, as the automatic fire alarm was inoperative, according to a Telegram post by the press service of the Investigative Committee for Dagestan.

As a result, the Botlikh Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee opened a case under Part 1.1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code ("Negligence resulting in particularly large-scale damage").

According to the district administration, the kindergarten's children will be placed in other preschools in the municipality, according to a Telegram post by the Akhvakh District Administration.