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Number of houses in village near Moscow on fire, Russia's emergency ministry says [1]
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Date: 2023-07-12
July 12 (Reuters) - A number of houses in the small village of Krivtsovo near Moscow were on fire over an area of 3,200 sq m (34,400 sq ft) early on Wednesday, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said on the Telegram messaging app.
"Firefighters are making every effort to prevent further spread of fire to nearby houses and forest," the ministry said.
"According to preliminary information, there were no casualties."
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The village, in the Solnechnogorsk administrative district, is about 80 km (50 miles) from the Kremlin.
Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne;
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