China News Agency, Moscow, April 23 (Reporter Tian Bing) TASS and other Russian media quoted the local emergency department on the 23rd as saying that the number of victims of the fire accident in the building of the Central Institute of Aerospace Defense of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Tver City has risen. to 11 people.
According to the report, search and rescue personnel found five bodies while clearing the ruins at the site, and the number of people killed in the fire has reached 11.
Search and rescue work at the scene of the accident is still ongoing.
At about 11:00 on the 21st, a fire broke out in the building of the Central Science Institute of Aerospace Defense of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the center of Tver, with an area of 2,500 square meters.
The Tver state government reported on the same day that 6 people were killed and 27 people were injured in the fire (later media reported as 24 people).
During the firefighting process, 54 people were rescued and 98 others were evacuated safely.
After the fire, the area's military prosecutor's office opened an investigation.
Preliminary information shows that the cause of the accident may be the emergency operation of the power grid and the aging of buildings and lines.
The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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