A fire has torn through a psychiatric hospital in Russia, killing 38 people, many of them in their beds.
The blaze broke out at the single-storey hospital building in the village of Ramensky, 70 miles north of Moscow, at around 2am local time this morning.
There were 41 people believed to be inside the building at the time – 36 patients, three nurses and two doctors.
Only three people – believed to be a nurse and two patients – escaped the fire, prompting speculation the patients were heavily sedated or strapped down and unable to escape.
At least 29 people were burned alive, said Irina Gumennaya, a spokeswoman for the federal Investigative Committee.
