3 dead and 10 injured in a Moscow hotel fire

Three people died in a fire that raged in a hotel in southeast Moscow early Tuesday morning.

"RT Arabia" channel quoted the Russian Emergencies Ministry as saying, in a statement, that the fire took place in a five-story hotel, noting that 305 people, including 114 children, were inside the moment the fire broke out.

Ten people, including two children, were injured in the fire.

The Ministry confirmed that firefighters were able to control the fire, and that the competent authorities have launched an investigation to find out the causes and those responsible.

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