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New fire at Moscow hospital, no casualties

14 Dec 2006 18:26:24 GMT
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MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Fire broke out at a Moscow medical institute on Thursday, emergency services said, less than a week after 45 women were killed in a blaze at a clinic in the city.

No one was hurt in Thursday's fire, which broke out at the Institute of Pathology in the north of Moscow, said Yevgeny Bobylyov, spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry

"There were no casualties. Rescue teams have evacuated seven people. But we have not yet established whether they were patients or were working there," he said.

Officials have ordered an inspection of fire safety at hospitals across the country after the Dec. 9 blaze at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic. In that fire, escape routes were blocked by metal grilles over windows and a staircase.

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