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The 2003 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fire was a fire that occurred about 2:30 a.m. on November 24, in a hostel that stood among other dormitories on the campus of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Moscow, Russia. It was reported by police that 36 people died inside the hostel, three bodies were found outside and some died in hospital and another 170 victims were hospitalised, that evening.[1] It was reported that one exit blocked and too many people crammed into tiny rooms. The education minister, Vladimir Mikhailovich Filippov, told reporters there were two possible causes of the tragedy "arson or careless use of electrical appliances"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/25/internationaleducationnews.student The victims from the fire were from various countries around the world, such as China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Angola, Ivory Coast, Tahiti, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Peru, Malaysia, Mongolia, India, Nigeria, Tanzania and Sri Lanka, and Palestinian citizens.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3232090.stm References External links ru: (2003)
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