ARKHANGELSK, Russia (AFP) - At least 24 people, including three children, were killed and dozens more feared dead after an explosion at an apartment building in northern Russia that officials said was likely caused by a gas leak.
And the fire from the other day:
Two Russian firemen killed in huge blaze near Kremlin Sun Mar 14
MOSCOW (AFP) - At least two Russian firemen died battling a huge blaze that engulfed a historic exhibition hall in central Moscow and sent 30-meter flames shooting up into the night sky next door to the Kremlin.
Fire in Kremlin area mars Putin's likely victory MONDAY, MARCH 15
MOSCOW: A huge fire broke out Sunday night at Menezh exhibition hall, a historic building located just 200 metres away from Kremlin walls, in central Moscow, diverting Russian people's attention from the projected landslide victory of Vladimir Putin in presidential polls.
The fire, which sent flames high into the air and thick smoke billowing over Kremlin towers, was reported shortly before 9.30 pm (00.00 hrs IST), when Russia's chief election commissioner had just begun announcing the preliminary results of presidential polls.