A fire that broke out in one of Moscow’s markets in the south of the capital has killed 17 people, believed to be migrant workers.
The disaster was thought to be started by a faulty electrical heater that caught fire, triggering the blaze.
It took almost two hours to extinguish the inferno.
The migrant workers killed in fire were from former Soviet republics and were believed to have camped out at market in squalid living conditions.
(RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich)
(RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich)
(RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich)