In the village of Vpered, Bashkortostan, a mother left for her night shift. Hours later, her five youngest children — including two sets of twins — were dead, along with her partner. A fire consumed the home while they slept. In this devastating episode of From Russia with Crime, we tell the story of Yulia Lavrentyeva — a woman who fought to reclaim her children from social services, who tried to build stability, and who now faces the unthinkable. What caused the fire? Why didn’t the smoke alarm work? And why are tragedies like this becoming more common across Russia’s forgotten towns? One night. Six lives lost. And questions that still burn.
In the village of Vpered, Bashkortostan, a mother left for her night shift. Hours later, her five youngest children — including two sets of twins — were dead, along with her partner. A fire consumed the home while they slept. In this devastating episode of From Russia with Crime, we tell the story of Yulia Lavrentyeva — a woman who fought to reclaim her children from social services, who tried to build stability, and who now faces the unthinkable. What caused the fire? Why didn’t the smoke alarm work? And why are tragedies like this becoming more common across Russia’s forgotten towns? One night. Six lives lost. And questions that still burn.