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20 Die in Russian Nursing Home Fire


In this handout photo released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia, Dec. 24, 2022.
In this handout photo released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia, Dec. 24, 2022.

Russian officials say at least 20 people have died in a fire in a nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.

State media said the building was not officially registered as a nursing home.

The cause of the fire and how many people lived at the facility were not immediately clear.

Kemerovo is 3,600 kilometers east of Moscow.

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