Overview
- Police cited by the Indian Express report at least 23 fatalities after a fire at a nightclub in Arpora in North Goa.
- A preliminary line of inquiry points to a possible gas‑cylinder explosion in the Goa incident, though the cause remains under investigation.
- In Vologda, one person died and seven sought medical help after a multi‑apartment building fire, with more than 20 residents evacuated and authorities reporting no gas leak.
- Two apartment fires in St. Petersburg left five people injured in separate incidents, including three hospitalized after a Dec. 6 blaze and two hurt as 25 residents were evacuated on Dec. 7.
- In Ussuriysk, three young children—aged seven months, one year and five years—were hospitalized following a house fire, and the regional prosecutor placed the case under review.