{"id":23949,"date":"2022-11-05T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23949"},"modified":"2022-11-05T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:27:47","slug":"kostroma-deadly-fire-in-russian-bar-started-by-flare-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/11\/05\/kostroma-deadly-fire-in-russian-bar-started-by-flare-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostroma: Deadly fire in Russian bar started by ‘flare gun’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A fire in a bar in the Russian city of Kostroma has killed at least 13 people.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities say it may have begun when a drunk customer at the nightclub fired a flare gun on the dance floor, Russian media report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fire reportedly spread when parts of the lighting rig on the ceiling ignited, quickly filling the room with smoke. It took several hours for it to be extinguished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A suspect, said to be a local resident, has been arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It took emergency workers several hours to put out the fire, which began at around 02:00 local time (23:00 GMT) in Kostroma, 300 km (180 miles) northeast of Moscow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russian media reported that the blaze could have started after a drunk man fired a flare gun on the dance floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“He was spending time with a woman, ordering flowers for her while he held a flare gun. Then he went to the dance floor and fired it,” a law-enforcement source told Russia’s Tass state news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other Russian media reported that 15 people had died and a further 49 needed medical attention, although that has not been confirmed by authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The exact number of people inside the club at the time is not known, but 250 people were able to evacuate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images of the single-storey building engulfed in flames were shown on Russian state television, which said some safety measures had not been properly observed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to BBC Russian, the company which manages the club is owned by a local politician.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2009, 159 people died in a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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