President Victor Yushchenko on Tuesday sent his condolences to Russia’s Vladimir Putin after a fire in a retirement home in the village of Velye Nikolskoye near Tula killed at least 30 people Monday, according to the President`s press-office.
According to BBC News, a news engulfed a retirement home south of Moscow has killed at least 30 people, emergency officials say.
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The blaze swept through the two-storey building on Sunday in the village of Velye Nikolskoye, about 30km (20 miles) from the city of Tula.
The building`s wooden structures were not fire-proofed and it had no fire alarm, Viktor Beltsov of the Russian ministry of emergency situations said.
