The fire was likely started by a drunken man who fired a distress flare at the dance floor, Tass reported, citing sources within the emergency services.
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The toll could rise further. At least fifteen people were killed in a fire that broke out in a night establishment Kostroma (Russia) on the night of Friday 4 to Saturday 5 November. According to the emergency services, the fire spread over an area of 3,500 m2.
A large fire broke out at night in the Polygon nightclub in #kostroma, #Russia.
The fire spread over an area of 3.5 thousand square meters, 250 people were evacuated.
According to the latest data, 13 visitors died. pic.twitter.com/Wb7HsrruJM
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 5, 2022
The fire was likely started by a drunken man who fired a distress flare at the dance floor, Tass reported, citing emergency service sources. “Following a set of search measures, police officers identified and arrested a suspect for an illegal act in one of the night bars in the city of Kostroma, which caused a fire and the death of victims”the Russian Interior Ministry said in a statement, without giving further details on the profile of the suspect.
In a press release Quoted by the Interfax agencyIhe commission of the central office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations announces that it is going to this city located about 300 km northeast of Moscow “to clarify the circumstances of the tragedy”. The Ria Novosti agencyciting a police source, said 250 people were evacuated from the building in which the fire broke out.