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Thirty-seven people were missing after a fire early on Friday at a psychiatric hospital in northwestern Russia, an emergency ministries official said. Thirty-seven people were missing after a fire early on Friday at a psychiatric hospital in north-western Russia, an emergency ministries official said.
The official, Oleg Voronov, said on Ekho Moskvy radio that some of the missing may have escaped the hospital in the Novgorod region and survived, but Itar-Tass news agency cited a regional official as saying at least 14 people were killed.The official, Oleg Voronov, said on Ekho Moskvy radio that some of the missing may have escaped the hospital in the Novgorod region and survived, but Itar-Tass news agency cited a regional official as saying at least 14 people were killed.
"According to the latest information, there were about 60 people in the building, 20 of them were led out by the administration. The fate of 37 is unknown. But this does not mean that they died," Voronov said, adding that they might have left the building on their own. The fire destroyed a building housing male patients at the hospital in the village of Luka, state-run RIA reported.
"Everything has collapsed inside as a result of the fire," a local police source told the RIA agency. "The people believed to be inside are now most likely dead." "According to the latest information, there were about 60 people in the building, 20 of them were led out by the administration," Voronov said. "The fate of 37 is unknown. But this does not mean that they died." He said they might have left the building on their own.
The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. "Everything has collapsed inside as a result of the fire," a local police source told RIA. "The people believed to be inside are now most likely dead."
Investigators say the pre-dawn blaze may have been caused by a patient setting a bed on fire, the Interfax news agency reported.
At least 19 serioues fires have been reported in Russian medical facilities in the past seven years.At least 19 serioues fires have been reported in Russian medical facilities in the past seven years.
In April 36 people died in a fire at a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow.In April 36 people died in a fire at a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow.
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