Fire in illegal Russian home for elderly in Kemerovo, death toll rises to 20

Fire with 20 dead in a homeless shelter in Kemerovo: details of the tragedy.

A fire broke out in a two-story wooden building of a private nursing home in Kemerovo. The fire was assigned an increased rank of difficulty. To date, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has confirmed the deaths of six people. Law enforcement agencies said that the establishment was illegal.

Metal twisted by fire, burnt walls. A private nursing home on the outskirts of Kemerovo flared up like a match in the dead of night when people were sleeping in their rooms. Footage from the scene shows flames erupting from the roof. Rescuers try to climb to the second floor, but acrid smoke interferes.

The two-story building, 12 by 15 meters in size, was quickly engulfed in flames. It can be seen that almost nothing remains of the building. Most of the residents of this nursing home were on the second floor. He burned out completely.

The fire was extinguished by more than a hundred firefighters and 30 special vehicles.

*Governor of Kuzbass Sergey Tsivilev said that all institutions of this type, primarily private ones, would be inspected after the fire. "We will inspect all institutions of this type, primarily private ones. The inspections will be completed within a week," he wrote on his Telegram channel.*
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