109 dead as fireworks blaze destroys nightclub in Russia's Urals
0 Comments
Adjust font size: 
![At least 94 people were killed and 139 others injured in a nightclub blast that hit Russia's Urals city of Perm late on Friday. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20091205/001fd04cea510c83fbb410.jpg "At least 94 people were killed and 139 others injured in a nightclub blast that hit Russia's Urals city of Perm late on Friday. [Xinhua]") |
| At least 109 people were killed and 130 others injured in a nightclub blast that hit Russia's Urals city of Perm late on Friday. [Xinhua] |
Some firecrackers were presumably ignited without permission and one of them exploded at the "Lame Horse" nightclub in downtown Perm at 11:15 p.m. Moscow time (2015 GMT), where a banquet marking the club's eighth anniversary with around 200 people was being held, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.Currently there were varied reports on casualties. The Investigative Committee at Russian Prosecutor General's Office said 76 dead bodies have been evacuated from the club so far.
Comments