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| Fatal fire at Russia nursing home | Fatal fire at Russia nursing home |
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| At least 23 people are thought to have died after a fire engulfed a care home in northern Russia, local officials have said. | |
| The cause of the blaze, in the village of Podyelsk in the Komi Republic, is not yet known. | The cause of the blaze, in the village of Podyelsk in the Komi Republic, is not yet known. |
| Three people were saved from the fire, which was reported at 1820 (1520 GMT). Seven bodies have been found so far. | |
| The building was in flames by the time firefighters arrived and it took them two hours to bring it under control. | The building was in flames by the time firefighters arrived and it took them two hours to bring it under control. |
| Grigory Gorbunov, a spokesman for the Emergency Ministry, told Russian TV the authorities were slow to report the fire. | Grigory Gorbunov, a spokesman for the Emergency Ministry, told Russian TV the authorities were slow to report the fire. |
| "The firemen were alerted way too late and when they arrived the whole building was in flames," he said, quoted by AFP news agency. | "The firemen were alerted way too late and when they arrived the whole building was in flames," he said, quoted by AFP news agency. |
| Some officials said there could have been as many as 60 people in the building at the time. | Some officials said there could have been as many as 60 people in the building at the time. |
| The Emergencies Ministry told Reuters that seven bodies had been recovered from the building. | |
| "Firefighters have entered the building and are searching for the missing residents," said spokeswoman Lyubov Terenteva, adding that the fire was close to being extinguished. | |
| President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a full investigation into the incident. | |
| Russia has experienced a series of fires at state-run institutions in recent years, many blamed on negligence by officials. | Russia has experienced a series of fires at state-run institutions in recent years, many blamed on negligence by officials. |
| More than 60 people died in a fire in a nursing home in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in March 2007. | More than 60 people died in a fire in a nursing home in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in March 2007. |