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Matt Watts

More than 20 die in fire at ‘illegal’ shelter in Russia

A fire has killed 22 people at a private shelter operating illegally in the Russian city of Kemerovo, officials said.

Initial reports described the wooden building in the Siberian city - 1,900 miles east of Moscow - as a nursing home, but the country's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, later said it was a "temporary residence for persons in a difficult life situation".

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