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| One dead, dozens missing in Russia hospital fire | |
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| At least one person has died and more than 30 are missing after a fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in north-western Russia, officials say. | |
| The blaze occurred in the village of Luka, in Novgorod region. The hospital housed some 60 people. | |
| The fire broke out just before 03:00 local time (23:00 GMT Thursday). | The fire broke out just before 03:00 local time (23:00 GMT Thursday). |
| It may have been started by one of the patients, reports say. Officials had previously tried to close the building among safety concerns. | It may have been started by one of the patients, reports say. Officials had previously tried to close the building among safety concerns. |
| The fire started in the male ward and spread quickly through the hospital, emergency ministry officials say. TV pictures later showed the gutted building. | |
| The officials say one nurse died trying to save the patients. | |
| The fire has now been extinguished, and rescuers are searching the nearby forest, hoping to find any survivors who may have taken refuge there. | |
| Several fires at state institutions across Russia in recent years resulted in heavy loss of life. | |
| In April, a blaze at another psychiatric hospital near Moscow killed 38 people. | |
| In 2009, 23 people died at an old people's home in the north-west Komi region, while in 2007, 63 were killed at a home in Krasnodar, southern Russia. | |
| In 2006, a fire at a Moscow drug rehabilitation clinic killed 45 women. |