14 Sep 2013 12:12

Rescue teams finish work at site of fire at nursing home for mentally ill in Novgorod region

MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - Rescue teams have finished their work at the site of a deadly fire at a nursing home for the mentally ill in the Novgorod region, which, as was reported earlier, claimed 37 lives, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Oleg Voronov told journalists on Saturday.

"The emergency and restoration work and the clearance of the rubble have been completed," Voronov said.

Rescuers have retrieved 35 bodies and also body parts from the rubble of the nursing home destroyed by the fire, and the remains will be subjected to forensic medical tests, he said.