Russian Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 111 People, Injures 123 -- Bloomberg
The death toll from a fire at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm rose to 111, with 123 injured, as President Dmitry Medvedev declared tomorrow a national day of mourning.
Of the injured, 27 are in Perm hospitals, while 96 were transferred to hospitals in Moscow and St. Petersburg, an officer at the Emergency Ministry’s Perm office said by telephone today. The toll is being updated regularly, he said.
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