Daniil Slisarenko, Alexander Sanko and Daniil Viik (Picture: Vkontakte/Siberian Times)

Three schoolboys were horrifically ‘boiled to death’ after falling into a hot sewer.

The bodies of the boys were discovered in a heating drain in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Siberia, which had been heated to more than 80C.

Siberian Times reported the victims had been named as Daniil Slisarenko, Alexander Sanko, and Daniil Vinnik.

It’s believed two of the boys had died trying to rescue the third, after he fell in on their way home from school.


Cardboard gave way to a 2.5m hole (Picture: Express Kamchatka-The Siberian Times)

A wooden decking covering the sewer appeared to have broken or collapsed, leaving a two and a half metre hole. Locals had reported a problem at the site, but it had not been repaired.



It is unclear why the boys were at school, as all educational facilities in Kamchatka were closed on January 28 because of a flu epidemic.

A criminal investigation has now been launched (Picture: Siberian Times)

‘The three boys disappeared on Thursday afternoon,’ a police source said. ‘They had left the school but had not come home. Police, volunteers and Emergencies Ministry employees started searching for them.

‘The boys’ bodies were found in the open hatch of a hot sewer located near the school building.’

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Yevgeny Sivayev, publisher of the MK in Kamchatka newspaper, said: ‘It is no exaggeration to say that the city is crying. Such grief we have not had before. It is impossible to look at children – their bodies are packed in bags.’

The Russian Investigation Committee has launched a criminal investigation into the boys’ deaths.

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