AT least eight people have been killed after a fire ripped through a former Russian research institute and left them trapped inside.
Two people jumped to their deaths from the top floors of the building and six others died when the fierce blaze took hold.
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More than 130 firefighters and 50 vehicles tackled the flames, which had spread from the fifth floor to the seventh, state-run TASS news agency reported.
Chilling images show black smoke engulfing the structure in the city of Fryazino – located outside Moscow.
A video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry showed fire engines and helicopters trying to contain the blaze.
According to the ministry the fire spread rapidly across 5,000 square meters before the interior structures of the building collapsed and an explosion was heard as gas cannisters exploded in the flames.
Those at the top of the building could find no means of escaping the roaring inferno and one man was shown jumping from the upper floor of the building by the Baza Telegram channel.
Another, with serious burns, fell from the upper floors, footage published by Shot Telegram channel showed.
The Russian Emergency Ministry press office told local media: “The extinguishing operation is complicated by the presence of gas-air mix canisters inside the building.”
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