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One Dead and Four Injured in Prison Fire in Northwestern Russia
One Dead and Four Injured in Prison Fire in Northwestern Russia
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ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - One prisoner died and four others were hospitalised after a fire on the territory of a penal colony in the Russian city of Valday in... 06.12.2021, Sputnik International
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A source in the emergency services told Sputnik that the incident occurred in a solitary cell of a one-storey brick building.Investigators are examining the scene to establish the circumstances of the incident.
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One Dead and Four Injured in Prison Fire in Northwestern Russia
06:48 GMT 06.12.2021 (Updated: 07:14 GMT 06.12.2021) ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - One prisoner died and four others were hospitalised after a fire on the territory of a penal colony in the Russian city of Valday in the Novgorod Region, the local department of the Investigative Committee said on Monday.
"On 6 December, a fire broke out in one of the premises of penal colony No. 4 in the Novgorod Region. When putting out the fire, the body of a man born in 1994 was found in one of the cells. Four more prisoners were hospitalised", the committee said in a statement.
A source in the emergency services told Sputnik that the incident occurred in a solitary cell of a one-storey brick building.
"The area of the fire was 9 square metres [3.4 square miles]", the source said.
Investigators are examining the scene to establish the circumstances of the incident.
