Russia: Psychiatric Hospital Fire Kills 36

Thirty-eight people are feared dead after a fire tore through a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Moscow, emergency officials say.

The blaze broke out in the hospital in the town of Ramenskoye, around 70 miles (120 km) north of Moscow, at around 2.20am local time.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, the entire one-storey building was engulfed in flames, reports said.

There were believed to have been 41 people in the building when the fire broke out - 38 patients and three staff members - and three were evacuated, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Twelve bodies have so far been recovered and the fire has been extinguished, authorities said.

"According to preliminary reports, 38 people were killed, including two medical staff," said health ministry spokesman Oleg Salagai.

There were bars on the windows of the building and some patients apparently died while trying frantically to make it to the main entrance to escape, but many others died in their beds, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.

State news agency RIA Novosti quoted police as saying the fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical short-circuit.

Emergency services said the patients ranged in age from 20 to 76.

Fires at state institutions in Russia such as hospitals, drug treatment centres and homes for the elderly have caused numerous casualties in recent years and raised questions about safety measures and conditions.

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