14 killed in fire at Russian sewing factory

11 September 2012, 20:42 (GMT+05:00)

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Fourteen workers were killed in a fire at a Russian factory, officials in the Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.

The blaze took place in the town of Yegorevsk, on the outskirts of the capital Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported.

The fire broke out on the second floor of the premises, and was still burning an hour after it was first reported, news reports said.

Some of the victims were Vietnamese migrant workers, as was one survivor who was hospitalized with serious burn injuries, an unidentified police officer was quoted by Interfax as saying.