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At least 13 people died and five others were injured during an overnight fire at a nightclub in the western Russian city of Kostroma, local authorities said Saturday.
Investigators are reviewing whether the fire at the Poligon – a multipurpose venue used as a nightclub, café, and bar – could have started after a drunk man fired a flare gun on the dance floor, the TASS news agency reported.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported a brawl erupted in the cafe shortly before the fire, but it wasn’t immediately clear if it had anything to do with the use of a flare gun.
