Fierce fire in Moscow hotel, six people including two children died; nine injured

Moscow:Nine people were injured in the fire and 200 were evacuated from the building, which houses a hotel, the ministry said
.The fire started on the fifth floor of the 16-storey building. Videos reportedly taken at the scene and published on social media show thick plumes of grey smoke coming out of the windows of the massive hotel building and billowing over its roof. According to some reports, people were crying from the windows of the hotel as they were asking for help.
Two of those killed in the fire were reportedly hotel guests. One of them was found in a hotel room, where the fire allegedly broke out. At least three people are allegedly in critical condition.
The fire broke out on Tuesday evening, on the fifth floor of a 17-floor building in downtown Moscow’s Mezhdunarodnaya street, housing a hotel and apartments. The fire engulfed the area of 300 square meters in the apartment section of the building before being put out around midnight on Tuesday. Arson committed by one of residents, probably in the state of intoxication, is seen as a possible cause, an emergencies source told TASS, citing information obtained from the building’s residents.
According to latest reports, six persons were killed in the fire. Nine were injured, and are receiving all the necessary medical assistance.
The Moscow Department of the Russian Investigative Committee said a criminal case had been launched.

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