31 killed in fire at nursing home
A blaze killed at least 31 people at a Russian nursing home cited for numerous safety violations, including its lack of a fire alarm, officials said.
Horrific fires at state-run facilities have underscored the negligence, mismanagement, corruption and crumbling infrastructure that persist in Russia. Nearly 18,000 people are killed in fires in that country each year, several times the per capita rate in Western countries.
The fire broke out Sunday in a home in the Tula region south of Moscow. More than 250 people escaped or were evacuated.
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