MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) – Around 100 people have been evacuated from a military school that is on fire in Moscow, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing local authorities. It said that according to preliminary information, no people were left in the building. TASS also cited a defence ministry official as saying that the […]
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MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) – Around 100 people have been evacuated from a military school that is on fire in Moscow, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing local authorities.
It said that according to preliminary information, no people were left in the building.
TASS also cited a defence ministry official as saying that the fire was started by a short circuit at around 11:22 a.m. (0822 GMT).
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)