32 die in Moscow dorm fire
13 April 2012
A fire in a Moscow student dormitory today killed at least 32 people and injured 127.
Students jumped from windows to escape the fire, at 2.30am, in the five-storey building at the Patrice Lumumba Friendship of Peoples University.
It housed 280 foreign students from 106 nations, including China and African countries.
Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson.