Russian nightclub fire death toll revised up to 118

The death toll in the nightclub fire in Russia's Ural city of Perm has risen to 118, while about 120 others remain hospitalized, a local branch of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
  
The toll was revised up after another five people died in hospitals, said a spokesperson for the regional emergencies ministry.
  
In addition, 100 people were airlifted to hospitals in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Chelyabinsk, the spokesperson said, adding that all of those injured were in critical condition.
  
Russia held a national day of mourning on Monday to commemorate the victims in the tragedy.
  
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who flew to Perm to lay flowers in tribute, said families of the dead would receive 500,000 rubles (about 17,240 U.S. dollars) in compensation and the injured would receive 400,000 rubles (about 13,790 dollars).
  
Flames sparked by indoor fireworks ripped through the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm overnight Saturday when about 230 people were celebrating the venue's eighth anniversary.
  
Russian prosecutors said on Monday the four suspects in the blaze had been charged.
  
Perm, a city on the Kama River some 1,200 km east of Moscow, is the capital of Russia's Perm region.