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Massive fire at Moscow business center sends 4 to hospital

MOSCOW (AP) — At least least four people have been taken to the hospital after a massive fire engulfed a business center in Moscow. Russian officials said the head of the Emergencies Ministry’s capital branch suffered a heart attack while directing the response to the blaze. A firefighter and two people who were inside the building when the blaze broke out were injured. A deputy emergencies minister says about 1,000 people were evacuated from the business center. He says firefighters have checked the entire building to make sure no one was trapped. Authorities didn’t say what started the fire, but news reports pointed to a short circuit as the likely cause.

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