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Tragedy Strikes During Moscow Warehouse Blaze

Sep 23, 2016 - 02:00 pm

Firefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products warehouse, Sept.22, 2016. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

Firefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products wFirefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products warehouse.arehouse. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

Firefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products warehouse. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

Firefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products warehouse. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

Firefighters battle a fire at an artificial flowers and plastic products warehouse. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

A floral tribute and candles near a plastic warehouse at Amurskaya Street where a fire broke out late on Sept.22, 2016. Andrei Makhonin / TASS

Eight firefighters have been killed while tackling a warehouse blaze in east Moscow, the Emergency Situations Ministry (MCHS) has confirmed.

A criminal case has been opened into possible fire safety violations, including the lack of a working sprinkler system, TASS reported.

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