2. What happened
On Friday April 26th, 2013, there was a fire at a
psychiatric hospital near Moscow that killed
38 people.
3. What caused the fire
the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported
that the fire may have been sparked by an
electrical short.
4. Who died
The Russian police force has not yet been able
to identify the bodies from the fire, but they
have discovered that two of the people who
died were doctors
5. Other news about incident
• It was a one-story brick-and-wood hospital
• Fire started in a wooden annex and then
spread into the main brick building
• 29 people were burned alive
• There were 3 people reported to survive the
fire
6. How serious was the fire
The fire was serious enough to kill 38 people but
not serious enough to set anything else on
fire.
