Thirteen people were killed in a fire in a cafe in Russia, in the town of Kostroma, some 300 kilometers from Moscow, local authorities announced on Saturday. “According to initial information, the fire killed 13 people.“, announced the governor of the region, Sergei Sitnikov, on the social network Telegram.
The fire, which occurred in a café called “Polygon” in the night from Friday to Saturday, was extinguished in the early morning, said the governor, reporting five injuries. According to the emergency services, the fire spread over an area of 3,500 m2. The Ria-Novosti agency, citing a police source, said that 250 people were evacuated from the building in which the fire broke out.