Russia: 21 people died in hospital fire

(Baonghean.vn) - On the night of December 12 to the early morning of December 13, a fire broke out at a psychiatric hospital in the town of Alferovkadans, in the Voronezh region, Southwest Russia, killing 21 people.

Dozens of deaths occur each year in Russia due to poor infrastructure and lax fire prevention measures. Photo: AFP.

The local emergency department said 19 people died in the fire and two others died after being rescued. About 20 other injured people were taken to hospital.

The wooden hospital building was completely destroyed in the fire. The cause of the fire is still unknown. However, according to Russian media, the tragic accident was caused by an outdated electrical system that short-circuited.

According to Russia's NTV television station, many patients refused to leave the burning building because they had previously used sedatives and sleeping pills and were unaware of the danger around them.

It is known that every year Russia has dozens of deaths due to fires, mainly due to poor facilities and lax fire prevention measures, especially in medical facilities.

One of them is the recent fire at a drug rehabilitation center in Altai, Siberia that killed 8 people in April 2014, or before that, the fire at a psychiatric hospital in Northwest Russia in September 2013 that killed 37 people...

Chu Thanh

(According to Le Monde)