A hearth broke out at a restaurant within the Russian metropolis of Kostroma on Saturday, killing 15 individuals and injuring 5 others.
Officials mentioned the hearth began when somebody apparently used a flared gun in the course of the brawl. Rescuers have been profitable in evacuating 250 individuals.
Kostroma area governor Sergei Sitnikov mentioned 5 individuals had minor accidents and acquired medical assist. The roof of the cafe collapsed in the course of the hearth.
A prison investigation has been launched, and police are looking for the person who used the flare gun.
Kostroma, a riverside metropolis of 270,000, is positioned about 340 km north of Moscow.
This was not the primary time that pyrotechnics caught hearth at a leisure web site in Russia. In 2009, greater than 150 individuals have been killed in a hearth on the Lem Horse nightclub in Perm metropolis, by which somebody set off fireworks.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
