Fourteen people feared dead in psychiatric hospital fire in Russia

Fourteen people are believed to have died after a fire engulfed a psychiatric hospital in Russia’s Novgorod Region. The firemen have managed to localize the fire that spread over 670 square meters of the building.

According to preliminary information 59 people were inside the building when the blaze broke out at 22:52 GMT on Thursday. Twenty two people were evacuated with no injuries while over a dozen managed to get out themselves.

"The fate of 14 people remains unknown,” the head of the Russia's Emergencies Ministry Oleg Voronov told RIA Novosti, “everything has collapsed inside as a result of the fire,” local police source told RIA. “The people believed to be inside are now most likely dead,” bodies of several of the victims have been recovered, RBK reports. The exact number of victims of fire is yet to be specified.

source rt.com