9 killed in Russian nursing home fire
August 30, 2010
Nine people died in a nursing home fire on Monday in central Russia, the emergencies ministry said, in what local media said was caused when one of the occupants set himself alight.
The fire, in a small town in the Tver region some 170 km (105 miles) northwest of Moscow, took place at 4:52 local time (0052 GMT), the ministry said in a statement.
Interfax news agency said the fire took hold after a male patient set himself on fire in an apparent suicide attempt, subsequently killing himself and eight others.
“As a result of the fire, nine people died, two were injured,” the ministry said in a statement. The nursing home’s near-500 people were evacuated, it added.
Source: thedailystar.net
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