Fire at Russian market kills 17 migrant workers
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April 4, 2012, Wednesday
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A blaze yesterday at a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers who were unable to escape from the metal shed where they were sleeping, the city fire department said.
All were citizens of former Soviet nations in Central Asia, spokesman Sergei Vlasov said.
Several million migrants from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have come to Moscow in search of work. Many have found jobs in construction or at the city's sprawling markets, which sell everything.
Vlasov said the fire that broke out at the Kachalovsky market early yesterday morning tore through an insulated metal shed where the workers slept on bunk beds. The roof collapsed during the blaze, which burned for more than two hours, he said.
Investigators were still determining the cause of the fire, but said they suspected it may have started with electric heaters. A light snow had fallen overnight.
Sergei Gorbunov, the fire department chief in Moscow's southeast district, told Russian television that workers were unable to exit through the one door connecting their living quarters with an adjacent storage hangar.
All were citizens of former Soviet nations in Central Asia, spokesman Sergei Vlasov said.
Several million migrants from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have come to Moscow in search of work. Many have found jobs in construction or at the city's sprawling markets, which sell everything.
Vlasov said the fire that broke out at the Kachalovsky market early yesterday morning tore through an insulated metal shed where the workers slept on bunk beds. The roof collapsed during the blaze, which burned for more than two hours, he said.
Investigators were still determining the cause of the fire, but said they suspected it may have started with electric heaters. A light snow had fallen overnight.
Sergei Gorbunov, the fire department chief in Moscow's southeast district, told Russian television that workers were unable to exit through the one door connecting their living quarters with an adjacent storage hangar.
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