Elena Teslova
23 May 2020•Update: 24 May 2020
MOSCOW
A fire in a hospital in Russia's Tatarstan region claimed the lives of three people, the country's Emergency Ministry said on Saturday.
The fire broke out on Friday night in a block for patients with blood vessel diseases, the ministry said in a statement.
A total of 88 people, including patients and personnel, were evacuated from the building.
A criminal case was launched following the incident with a short circuit suspected as a cause of the fire.
