Moscow warehouse fire kills immigrant workers

03/04/12 07:53 CET

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Twelve immigrant workers have died in a fire overnight at a covered market in southern Moscow, say the Russian authorities.

The fire swept through a warehouse next to the market in which the workers were housed. It’s thought they came from one of the former Soviet republics.

A city spokesman said they had no way out to the street and were trapped by the flames.

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