Nine dead in Moscow care home blaze

At least nine people have died in a fire at a nursing home on Moscow’s outskirts.

The authorities in Krasnogorsk, on Moscow’s north-western edge, said the fire at a private home for the elderly erupted late on Sunday. They said that nine patients have died and another nine have been hospitalised.

Officials said the fire had apparently been caused by a short circuit. They said the nursing home was registered as a private house and lacked fire alarms and other mandatory equipment.

Police have detained its owner on charges of breaching fire safety rules.