Russia: 4 killed, two injured after fire at drug treatment clinic

SANAA, Sept. 17 (YPA) – At least four people have died and two more have been injured as a result of a fire at a private drug treatment clinic in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Thursday.

“On 16 September at 23:46 [20:46 GMT], the territorial dispatcher of the garrison informed about a fire at a private drug treatment clinic … Unfortunately, the Investigative Committee reported about six victims of the fire (four of them have died)”, the ministry said in a statement.

The fire took place in a room on the ground floor in an area of 10 square metres.

The blaze has already been extinguished, with 16 people having been rescued.

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, proposed an analysis of the regulatory framework for industrial safety to prevent man-made disasters at  all federal, regional and municipal levels.

E.M