Five people, including three children, died in a house fire in south Russia's Krasnodar region early Saturday, local authorities said.

The fire erupted at around 4 a.m. Moscow time (0000 GMT) in the Yuzhny village and spread to about 480 square meters, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted an emergency situations ministry spokesman as saying.

A couple, along with their one-year-old toddler and two adopted children, aged three and 12, died in the fire, a spokesman for the regional investigative committee said.

"The family was living in temporary housing while their house was being renovated," he told the RIA Novosti, adding that two electric heaters, flammable liquids, lumber, and a good deal of portable electrical equipment were found in the yard.

Officials earlier said the fire was caused by a small cooking stove, but later said the blaze started from a short circuit. Endi

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