37 dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

Sep 13, 2013 5:36 PM PHT

Agence France-Presse

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A fire at a wooden psychiatric hospital in northwest Russia kills 37

DEADLY FIRE. Thirty-seven people die after a fire hit a wooden psychiatric hospital in Russia, the latest tragedy in the country’s mental health institutions. AFP/Novgorod Region Emergencies Ministry
LUKA, Russia – Thirty-seven people were killed when a fire swept through a wooden psychiatric hospital in northwest Russia overnight Thursday, September 12, regional investigators said.

“During a fire in the Oksochi psychiatric hospital 37 people died,” regional investigators said in a statement.

Ten people have already been pulled out of the debris in the village of Luka 220 kilometers southeast of Saint Petersburg, the statement said. – Rappler.com