Eleven killed in village fire in Russia's Siberia

Eleven people were killed in a fire that broke out at a Siberian village in Russia's Far East on early Tuesday morning, the regional office of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

The fire broke out at a private residential building in the Prichulymsky village in the Tomsk region. It was put out within two hours with the single-story building partially destroyed.

Eleven bodies were discovered under the collapsed structure, the emergencies ministry said in a statement, adding that two people managed to escape from the fire.

Tomsk's Governor said in an online statement that the victims were 10 Uzbek nationals who worked at a local sawmill and an unidentified Russian woman.

The Tomsk office of the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement that the people killed are believed to be foreigners.

A criminal investigation is underway.