Russian authorities say 10 people were killed after a fire tore through a shoe factory in the Siberian region of Novosibirsk.
Media reports said that most of those who died in the blaze in the Iskitmsky district on January 4 were Chinese.
Reports said they also included nationals of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Officials said that the fire may have been caused by a closed-circuit fault.
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