Fire at Mental Hospital Kills at Least 30 Patients
From Times Wire Reports
A fire believed to have been set by a psychiatric patient engulfed a mental hospital in the village of Randilovshchina, Belarus, killing 30 patients, officials said. One other of the 62 patients was listed as missing.
A spokeswoman for President Alexander Lukashenko said authorities suspected the blaze was caused by one of the victims, who had tried to burn the building twice before.
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