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6 killed in fire at Ukraine psych hospital
    2019-06-12  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

SIX people died when fire swept through a psychiatric hospital for war veterans in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, authorities said yesterday.

The fire erupted late Monday evening in the single-floor building, Ukraine’s emergency services said in a statement.

“Six people died and four have been hospitalized,” the statement said. Nine other people escaped unharmed.

The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II.

Police and emergency services did not immediately comment on whether the fire was started deliberately, but said it did not appear to have originated inside the building.

Paramedics continued to search the hospital after the fire had been extinguished, looking for any patients who may have been left behind.

Bodies lay covered on the ground outside the brick building. Fifty-seven firefighters on 12 fire engines tried to extinguish the blaze, emergency services reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he regretted the “terrible tragedy” and ordered Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to set up a committee to investigate.

Deadly fires are relatively frequent in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics due to outdated infrastructure and poor security measures.

(SD-Agencies)

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