TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – At least 9 people were killed and injured during a fire incident in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, local officials said on Tuesday.

"Information about the victims of the fire in the village of Mulino - the total number of victims reached nine people, including two children," Deputy Governor of the region David Melik-Guseinov said on Tuesday.

"Two people (a man and a woman) died before the arrival of ambulance crews," the statement said.

Seven victims, including children, were treated on the spot. They have mild poisoning by combustion products, TASS reported.

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