Fire at nursing home in Moscow suburb kills 9, injures 9

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say at least nine people have died in a fire at a nursing home in a suburb of Moscow. The authorities in Krasnogorsk on Moscow’s northwestern edge said the fire at a private home for the elderly in Krasnogorsk erupted late Sunday. They said that nine patients have died and another nine have been hospitalized. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. An official investigation into a suspected violation of fire safety rules has started.