MOSCOW, May 18 (UPI) -- Seven people have been killed and at least five others injured in a fire at a Moscow apartment building that was home to migrant workers, officials said.
The blaze broke out Tuesday morning, Moscow time, in a ramshackle three-story building near the Kropotkinskaya metro station, The Moscow Times reported.
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Firefighters managed to save 20 residents.
Five of them, including two children, were hospitalized for burns and smoke inhalation, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. ITAR-Tass Wednesday said authorities had opened a criminal case in the investigation of the fire.
The building housed nationals of Russia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
A city hall source said the building has been scheduled for demolition since 2003.
