At least 67 people have been killed and 144 injured during Russia's New Year's festivities when Russians celebrate with firecrackers and 'cold' fireworks.
"In the past 24 hours, a total of 589 fires have occurred in Russia, including 479 fires in residential buildings. A total of 67 people were killed and 144 injured as a result, 77 people were rescued," Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti quoted an anonymous emergency ministry official as saying on Friday.
Most of the blazes happen when people build indoor fires with the so-called cold incendiary materials meant for open space displays of fireworks.
The country has a poor fire-safety record, with as many as 15,000 people losing their lives in a year due to sporadic fire breakouts.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an overhaul of the nation's fire safety standards after a recent indoor inferno claimed over 150 lives in the western Urals city of Perm.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115102§ionid=351020602.
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