Russian Hospital Fire

A fire at a psychiatric hospital in southern Russia killed 23 people, the country's emergencies ministry said today.

Twenty-one foreign students were today in a critical condition in hospital after fire ripped through a student residence in Moscow, an official said.

Gasan Magomedov was driving into his home village on Saturday night when his car was sprayed with machine-gun fire and he died from his wounds while being transported to hospital, Anzhi said in a statement.

Thirty-seven people were killed when a fire swept through an aged psychiatric hospital in northwest Russia in the early hours today, the latest tragedy to hit the country's mental health institutions.

A fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead, officials said on Friday. Authorities had long warned that the building was unsafe and called for its closure.

At least 38 people died in a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow late Thursday night.

A fire at a psychiatric hospital in southern Russia killed 23 people, the country's emergencies ministry said today.

Twenty-one foreign students were today in a critical condition in hospital after fire ripped through a student residence in Moscow, an official said.

Gasan Magomedov was driving into his home village on Saturday night when his car was sprayed with machine-gun fire and he died from his wounds while being transported to hospital, Anzhi said in a statement.

Thirty-seven people were killed when a fire swept through an aged psychiatric hospital in northwest Russia in the early hours today, the latest tragedy to hit the country's mental health institutions.

A fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead, officials said on Friday. Authorities had long warned that the building was unsafe and called for its closure.

At least 38 people died in a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow late Thursday night.