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At least 5 killed in social housing fire in Finland

27 Mar 2008 09:45:59 GMT
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HELSINKI, March 27 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and five others were injured when a fire tore through a two-storey building used as social housing near Helsinki on Thursday, authorities said.

"More casualties have not been ruled out. There is a part of the building that we have not gone through yet," said Jarkko Hayrinen, a duty officer at the local fire brigade in Espoo, a suburb of the capital.

Authorities are investigating the cause of fire.

Four people lived in the house, which was owned by the city of Espoo. Local authorities said some of the residents were recovering from alcoholism and had previously been homeless. (Reporting by Terhi Kinnunen)

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