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Eight Killed In Russian Fire


(RFE/RL) May 22, 2006 -- Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry says eight people, including two children, died in a fire at a military housing facility near Moscow overnight.


The fire completely destroyed the one-floor brick building in the Shchyolkovo district north of Moscow.


The cause of the fire is being investigated.


(Reuters, AFP)

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