Dozens die in Russian hospital fire

A fire swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead.

Thirty-seven people have died in a fire in a Russian psychiatric hospital.

The fire in the one-storey hospital in the village of Luka in the northwestern Novgorod region erupted around 3 am and quickly engulfed the structure, which dates back to the 19th century, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.