Thirty-seven people were missingafter a fire early on Friday at a psychiatric hospital in
northwestern Russia, an
Emergency Situations Ministry officialsaid.
The official,
Oleg Voronov, said on Ekho Moskvy radio thatsome of the missing may have escaped the hospital in theNovgorod region and survived, but Itar-Tass news agency cited aregional official as saying at least 14 people were killed.
