2013 Moscow psychiatric hospital fire

2013 Moscow Psychiatric Hospital Fire
	Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Date	April 26, 2013
Time	2:30 Moscow Time (22:30 UTC)
Location	Moscow Oblast, Russia
Coordinates	56_34_22_N_37_13_26_E_
Also known as	April 2013 Russian Hospital fire
Cause	unknown, may have been caused by a patient
Deaths	38
Non-fatal injuries	3

The 2013 Moscow psychiatric hospital fire occurred on 26 April 2013 at 2:30 am Moscow Time (22:30 UTC). At least 38 people were killed, included 36 patients and two doctors after fires tore through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow in the village of Ramensky, 70 miles north of Moscow in Moscow Oblast on April 26, 2013. 29 people were burned alive, killing some patients in their beds and others who were trapped by barred windows. Only 3 people survived, including 2 patients and a nurse.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Fire[]

The fire broke out on the 26th April 2013 at 2:30 Moscow Time (22:30 UTC) in a psychiatric hospital near Moscow in a village called Ramensky, Dmitrovsky District. Ramensky is located approximately 70 miles north of Moscow in the Moscow Oblast in European Russia. The fire ignited on the 2nd floor of the 2 story building in a patient's bed. 3 doctors and 1 nurse ran to the bed but were burned alive immediately. The fire raged through the 2nd floor and killed everyone on that floor. 6 minutes later, the 2nd floor collapsed and crushed patients on the ground floor. 4 minutes later, the fire services reached the hospital and spent the next 3 hours extinguishing the blaze. When the fire finally settled in the morning, the fire brigade broke into the building and searched for survivors but only found 3 injured people alive: a nurse on the 1st floor and 2 patients on the ground floor. The fire was likely caused by (because it was from a patients bed) the patient being schizophranic.

References[]

^ "Blaze kills 38 at psychiatric hospital near Moscow". BBC News. April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
^ Clare Sebastian (April 25, 2013). "38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia". CNN. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
^ "Fire at Psychiatric Clinic Near Moscow Kills 38". Russia. RIA Novosti. April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
^ Alexei Anishchuk (April 26, 2013). "Fire kills dozens in Russian psychiatric hospital". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

Coordinates: 56°34′22″N 37°13′26″E / 56.57278°N 37.22389°E / 56.57278; 37.22389

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[1] "Blaze kills 38 at psychiatric hospital near Moscow". BBC News. April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

[2] Clare Sebastian (April 25, 2013). "38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia". CNN. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

[3] "Fire at Psychiatric Clinic Near Moscow Kills 38". Russia. RIA Novosti. April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

[4] Alexei Anishchuk (April 26, 2013). "Fire kills dozens in Russian psychiatric hospital". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

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