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Bodies of 12 people found at hospital fire site

Forty one people, including three personnel members, were in the hospital when the fire broke out

MOSCOW, April 26 (Itar-Tass) – Twelve dead bodies are found at the mental hospital fire site in the town of Ramensky, the Moscow Region, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's Central Regional Centre told Itar-Tass.

The examination of the premises is continuing, a source at the centre said.

Forty one people, including three personnel members, were in the hospital when the fire broke out. Only three, including a nurse, survived. The rest 38 people supposedly are dead.

The nurse who rescued two patients could not lead the rest out when the fire was raging in the corridor and spreading fast. She could lead only two patients - a woman and a young man, the source said.

Most of the patients were sleeping after they took medicines before the night.