A fire ripped through an old people`s home in Russia’s Siberia region, killing 22 people, investigators said on Saturday. The blaze gutted the second floor of the building, which was not officially registered as a home for the elderly, but was extinguished by the early hours when rescuers finished combing the rubble in Kemerovo city, state media and emergency services said.

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