Around 100 Evacuated From Burning Military School in Moscow, TASS Reports

MOSCOW, April ⁠5 (Reuters) – ⁠Around ⁠100 people have ​been evacuated from ‌a military ‌school ⁠that ⁠is on fire in Moscow, ​TASS news agency reported ​on Sunday citing ⁠local authorities.

It ⁠said ⁠that according ​to preliminary information, no ​people ⁠were left in the ⁠building.

TASS also cited a defence ministry ⁠official as saying that the fire was started by a short circuit at ⁠around 11:22 a.m. (0822 GMT).

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; ​Editing by ​Kirsten Donovan)

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