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Friday, April 26, 2013

Deadly fire

April 26, 2013 7:02 am

Deadly fire engulfs hospital outside Moscow

By Courtney Weaver in Moscow

Ministry for Emergency Situations workers and firefighters work at a site of a fire of a psychiatric hospital on April 26 2013

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A fire engulfed a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early on Friday, killing 36 of the patients, most of them in their sleep, and two of the institution’s staff.

The tragedy is the latest example of poor fire safety in Russia, where buildings rarely have fire exits or planned exit routes in place, resulting in horrific deaths at hospitals, apartment buildings and nightclubs.