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Fire at Russia old people's home Russian elderly die in home fire
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At least 63 people have been killed by fire which swept through an old people's home in southern Russia, the country's emergencies ministry says.At least 63 people have been killed by fire which swept through an old people's home in southern Russia, the country's emergencies ministry says.
The fire, at a home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region, near the Black Sea, was initially said to have killed 20. The fire broke out at a home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region, near the Black Sea.
It started early on Tuesday morning, said a ministry official, adding there had been 93 people in the building. It started early on Tuesday morning, an official said, but firefighting crews did not arrive from their base 50km (30 miles) away for more than an hour.
The official said there had been 93 people in the building.
Survivors were taken to a local hospital.
The dormitory block of the home was completely burned out, the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported.
The cause of the fire has not yet been given by local officials.The cause of the fire has not yet been given by local officials.
The Interfax news agency quoted Krasnodar territory prosecutor Leonid Korzhenyuk as saying criminal proceedings have been instituted.
It was the second major disaster in Russia in less than 24 hours.
On Monday morning a methane gas blast at a Siberian coal mine killed at least 78 people.