4 killed in Moscow nursing home fire

At least four people were killed in a fire that erupted at a private nursing home for the elderly in Moscow on Wednesday evening, investigators said Thursday.

The fire killed three women residents of the facility and one male employee, the Moscow division of the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Over 50 people were in the nursing home when the building went ablaze, among which most residents and employees were evacuated, it said.

More than 10 people with carbon monoxide poisoning have been taken to medical facilities for emergency care.

Investigators are probing possibilities of the cause, the top being the failure of the wiring and boiler heating, according to the committee.

Head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin asked investigators to assess actions taken by employees responsible for fire safety.