Investigators have confirmed that two people lost their lives in a fire at a regional infectious diseases’ hospital in the Astrakhan Region, the Investigative Committee in the regionsaid on Friday.
Earlier, a source in the emergencies service reported two deaths from the hospital fire.
"Two people have been killed. Investigators are working at the scene," TASS cited the regional investigation department as saying.
The blaze has been extinguished at the intensive care unit of Astrakhan’s infectious diseases’ hospital. Sixteen people have been evacuated, according to the press service of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations.
