Fire breaks out at Moscow university
December 30th, 2011 - 9:02 am ICT by IANSMoscow, Dec 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 500 people were evacuated from the Moscow State University early Friday after a fire broke out in the building, officials said.
A law enforcement officer said a Chinese woman was hospitalized after being diagnosed as “poisoned with combustion products”.
Earlier Yevgeny Bobylyov, a spokesman for the emergencies ministry’s Moscow department, said no one was injured.
A room on the 18th floor was on fire. The flame has been extinguished, Bobylyov said.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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