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Agence France-Presse

Six people died when fire swept through a psychiatric hospital for war veterans in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, authorities said on Tuesday.
The fire erupted late on Monday evening in the single-floor building, Ukraine’s emergency services said in a statement.

“Six people died and four have been hospitalised,” the statement said. Nine other people escaped unharmed.
The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II.
Police and emergency services did not immediately comment on whether the fire was started deliberately, but said it did not appear to have originated inside the building.
Paramedics continued to search the hospital after the fire had been extinguished, looking for any patients who may have been left behind.
Bodies lay covered on the ground outside the brick building.
Fifty-seven firefighters on 12 fire engines tried to extinguish the blaze, emergency services reported.
Seventeen die in blaze at Ukraine home for the elderly
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he regretted the “terrible tragedy” and ordered Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to set up a committee to investigate.
“The reasons [for the fire] will be established. I present my condolences to the families of the victims,” he said on Twitter.
Deadly fires are relatively frequent in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics due to outdated infrastructure and poor security measures.


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Six killed in fire at Ukraine psychiatric hospital

The psychiatric clinic on fire in the Black Sea port of Odessa on Monday night. Photo: Reuters

A still image, taken from a video footage, shows a municipal psychiatric clinic on fire in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 10, 2019. Still image taken June 10, 2019. Channel 5/Handout via REUTERS TV ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II


The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II.


Six killed in fire at Ukraine psychiatric hospital

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II

The facility provided mental health care for veterans of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and World War II