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Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38

A fire has raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow, and emergency officials say it killed all 38 people inside, including two medical workers.

Updated on: Apr 26, 2013, 07:48:32 IST
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A fire has raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow, and emergency officials say it killed all 38 people inside, including two medical workers.

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The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti cites police as saying it was caused by a short circuit.

The fire broke out in the early hours of Friday in the one-story hospital in the town of Ramenye. A photograph on the website of the emergency services shows a building consumed by flames

 
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