The five-year-old boy fell into the fire in the Kegichevsky district and received death burns.

On the incident in the police reported on July 6.

"As it turned out, the boy's family celebrated the holiday of Ivan Kupala. While the parents were distracted by other matters, the boy fell into the fire, "the department of communications of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region.

With the help of the sanatorium the child was taken to Kharkiv hospital, Mediaport notes..

Today, July 8, the press service of the Kharkiv City Council confirmed the information about the death of the child. The boy received extensive burns of the heaviest 4-th degree, specified in the mayoralty.

The police note that the boy's family "is characterized positively". On the fact of the incident, criminal proceedings were opened on. 166 - malicious failure to perform the duties of child inspection.

According to the Center for Emergency Medical Care and Medicine of Catastrophes, on July 6, four people, including a 5-year-old child, received burns in various districts of the Kharkov region.