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38 die in fire lit by Right Sector radicals at Odessa trade union council building

Thirty people died of carbon oxide intoxication, eight died having jumped out of windows

ODESSA, May 02. /ITAR-TASS/. As many as 38 people died in a fire lit by Ukraine’s Right Sector and Self-defence radicals at the building of trade union council in the Black Sea city of Odessa on Friday, a spokesman for the Ukrainian interior ministry said.

According to the ministry, thirty people died of carbon oxide intoxication, eight died having jumped out of windows. As many as 50 people sought medical assistance, including ten policemen.