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At Least 10 Killed in Warehouse Fire

The fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing company.

In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, made available on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, Firefighters attend the scene of a fire at a shoe-manufacturing company in the village of Chernoretsky, about 2800 kilometers (1800 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Russian news reports say at least 10 people have been killed in a warehouse fire in a Siberian village and that the dead are believed to be workers from China and Kyrgyzstan.
In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, made available on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, Firefighters attend the scene of a fire at a shoe-manufacturing company in the village of Chernoretsky, about 2800 kilometers (1800 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Russian news reports say at least 10 people have been killed in a warehouse fire in a Siberian village and that the dead are believed to be workers from China and Kyrgyzstan.
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say at least 10 people have been killed in a warehouse fire in a Siberian village and that the dead are believed to be workers from China and Kyrgyzstan.

The fire broke out Thursday morning at a shoe manufacturing company in the village of Chernoretsky, about 2,800 kilometers (1,800 miles) east of Moscow.

A statement from the Emergencies Ministry says there were fatalities but did not give details. News reports, however, are citing local sources as saying at least 10 bodies have been found.

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