Fire At Russian Psychiatric Hospital Kills 37

Russian Emergency Ministry via AP
Emergency crews and firefighters work at the site of a fire at a psychiatric hospital in Luka, Russia, early Friday.

[From article]
Emergency officials had demanded the facility be closed after it failed a fire safety check earlier this year. The hospital administration, however, won permission to continue using it until next year.
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Russia has a poor fire safety record with about 12,000 fire deaths reported in 2012. By comparison, the U.S., with a population roughly double Russia's, recorded around 3,000 fire deaths in 2011.
A fire at a psychiatric hospital near Moscow killed 38 people in April.

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Sep 13, 11:50 AM EDT
37 DEAD IN FIRE AT RUSSIAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

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