Emergency officials believe the fire started in the basement of the Moscow Oncological Center, filling the building with smoke.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
(RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, AP)
(RFE/RL) 25 January 2006 -- Some 500 patients have been evacuated from a Moscow hospital after a fire broke out early on 25 January.
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