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Ukraine fire kills 17 in care home near Kiev | |
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Seventeen people have died in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine's capital Kiev. | |
The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday in a two-storey building housing some 35 people. | |
"Emergency services units saved 18 people, five of whom have been hospitalised with burns of varying degrees of severity," Ukraine's emergencies ministry said. | "Emergency services units saved 18 people, five of whom have been hospitalised with burns of varying degrees of severity," Ukraine's emergencies ministry said. |
The authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. | |
Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman described the fire as a "terrible tragedy that has caused irreparable loss" and said the government offered "sincere condolences" to the victims' families, Ukrainian media reported. |