Fire at nursing home in Russia: 20 dead

At least 20 people were killed and 6 others were injured in a fire in a nursing home in the city of Kemerovo in the Siberian region of Russia. Officials of the Kemerovo administration confirmed this information to the Russian media outlet Tass News Agency.

Officials said that a fire broke out in the two-storey nursing home on Friday night. Constructed entirely of wood, the fire quickly spread around the building and although parts of the first floor of the building survived, the second floor was completely gutted.

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Fire service personnel started working to bring the fire under control within a short period of time. Preliminary investigations revealed that the fire started from a disturbance in the original heating boiler of the building.

Officials said that the owner of the building was constructing and managing the nursing home without taking the approval of the concerned authorities. Legal action has already been taken against him.

The last major fire in Kemerovo was in 2018. A total of 60 people, including 37 children, died in a fire at a resort in the city.