Four die in Russian retirement home fire (AAP)

Four elderly people died when a blaze gutted their retirement home at Shchebekino, a Russian town located near the border with Ukraine. A fifth person was hospitalised and 99 were evacuated from the two wings of the building, Interfax news agency said on Friday. The fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of the two-storey retirement home in the Belgorod region. The cause of the blaze, which was brought under control, was not... [read full story]