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| Red Square Building in Flames | |
| 2004-03-14 | |
Just minutes after polls closed, a huge fire erupted in a 19th-century landmark building off Red Square, and two firefighters were killed. Within an hour after the fire broke out, about half the 48,000-square-foot structure was in flames and part of the roof had collapsed, news reports said. Flames shot high into the nighttime sky and thick, gray smoke billowed over the Kremlin towers. The two firefighters who died were in the building's attic when it fell in, the ITAR-Tass news agency said, citing city fire service spokesman Yevgeny Bobylev. A third firefighter was injured inhaling poisonous fumes, said Viktor Beltsov, spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry. Moscow emergency officials said they did not know what caused the fire, which apparently started on the intricately designed roof. They said the blaze was ranked in the most serious category.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Barbara, I think the punks knew that it would be hard to convince the Russians not to vote for Putin as he was the only candidate. They went in stead for the - this is how we punish you treatment. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-14 9:34:32 PM |
#4 The timing raises my suspicions...Nah, sounds like it's more likely an accident. If it was Islamists trying to influence the election (as they apparently did in Spain), it would have been before the election, not after, and it would have been an obvious (and large) bomb, not an apparent accident. And there would have been hundreds killed. The Islamofreaks get off on that. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-14 7:48:49 PM |
| #3 Perhaps if it had come a day after Madrid. I just don't see the reason for last night. I'll bet it comes down to a loose electrical connection left by a drunk electrician Friday afternoon. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-14 7:43:46 PM |
| #2 Probably Shamil... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-14 7:36:54 PM |
| #1 Your suspicions of? |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-14 7:22:05 PM |