Dormitory Fire Kills At Least 32

(Moscow, Russia) A fire in a Moscow dormitory housing foreign students killed at least 32 and injured 127. The fire burned part of a five-story dormitory belonging to the Patrice Lumumba Friendship of Peoples University. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said it appears the cause may have been a short-circuit in a second-story room where three Nigerian girls lived.

The university was once a showcase for the Soviet Union, teaching strict Marxism, but has become rundown in recent years due to neglect.