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Death toll from Russia's Urals blast rises to 94
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December 5, 2009, Saturday
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AT least 94 people were killed and 139 others injured in a nightclub blast that hit Russia's Urals city of Perm late yesterday, local media reported, citing Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.
Some firecrackers were presumably ignited without permission and one of them exploded at the "Lame Horse" nightclub in downtown Perm at 11:15 pm Moscow time (2015 GMT), where a banquet marking the club's eighth anniversary with around 200 people was being held, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Currently there were varied reports on casualties. The Investigative Committee at Russian Prosecutor General's Office said 76 dead bodies have been evacuated from the club so far. Earlier reports said over 100 people died in the blast.
Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee, excluded terrorist act as a possible cause of the incident, saying the blast was triggered by "violation of fire safety rules."
"Most of the victims died of burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. In addition, a stampede occurred at the exit," the RIA Novosti news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
The RIA Novosti said the explosion was followed by a fire, which had already been under control. However, the Itar-Tass quoted a police source as saying that no fire ensued the explosion.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu and Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika to investigate into the cause of the blast.
Medvedev also asked regional Governor Oleg Chirkunov via phone to report on measures to help those affected, said the RIA Novosti.
A governmental commission was being created by Shoigu, who would fly to the tragedy site along with the health and interior ministers.
A criminal investigation on charges of fire safety breaches, which was personally supervised by Chaika, was underway.
Perm, a city on the Kama River, is the capital of Russia's Perm region.
Some firecrackers were presumably ignited without permission and one of them exploded at the "Lame Horse" nightclub in downtown Perm at 11:15 pm Moscow time (2015 GMT), where a banquet marking the club's eighth anniversary with around 200 people was being held, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Currently there were varied reports on casualties. The Investigative Committee at Russian Prosecutor General's Office said 76 dead bodies have been evacuated from the club so far. Earlier reports said over 100 people died in the blast.
Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee, excluded terrorist act as a possible cause of the incident, saying the blast was triggered by "violation of fire safety rules."
"Most of the victims died of burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. In addition, a stampede occurred at the exit," the RIA Novosti news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
The RIA Novosti said the explosion was followed by a fire, which had already been under control. However, the Itar-Tass quoted a police source as saying that no fire ensued the explosion.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu and Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika to investigate into the cause of the blast.
Medvedev also asked regional Governor Oleg Chirkunov via phone to report on measures to help those affected, said the RIA Novosti.
A governmental commission was being created by Shoigu, who would fly to the tragedy site along with the health and interior ministers.
A criminal investigation on charges of fire safety breaches, which was personally supervised by Chaika, was underway.
Perm, a city on the Kama River, is the capital of Russia's Perm region.
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