23 Feb Fatal fire in Smolensk
Two Indian girl students were killed and others were injured when a fire broke out at a medical university in western Russia.
The girl both from Maharashtra were studying at the Smolensk Medical Academy which 400 KM from Moscow.
A statement later issue by a Russian investigative committee said “the preliminary report showed that fire occurred at the fourth floor of the dormitory of the university” It added that several other students suffered injuries.