Fire kills 16 in Russia’s South
Published: 15 February, 2009, 13:35
At least sixteen people have died in a fire in a residential apartment block in Russia's southern Astrakhan region. Sixty people were rescued from the three-storey building.
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Published: 15 February, 2009, 13:35
At least sixteen people have died in a fire in a residential apartment block in Russia's southern Astrakhan region. Sixty people were rescued from the three-storey building.