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20 Die in Russian Nursing Home Fire

by VOA News

   Russian officials say at least 20 people have died in a fire in a
   nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.

   State media said the building was not officially registered as a
   nursing home.

   The cause of the fire and how many people lived at the facility were
   not immediately clear.

   Kemerovo is 3,600 kilometers east of Moscow.