The President instructed Prosecutor General, Yury Chaika, the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District, Ilya Klebanov, and Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies Situations and Disaster Relief, Sergei Shoigu to carry out an investigation into the causes of what took place, and to report back the results.
The head of the Republic of Komi, Vladimir Torlopov, was instructed to offer all necessary assistance to the victims, and relatives of those killed.
Twenty three people died as a result of the fire in the home for elderly persons in the village of Podyelsk.