
Child Boiled to death
At least five people were killed and three hospitalized after a hot water pipe exploded in a hotel in Perm, Russia, and flooded the basement with boiling water, a report said.
Reuters, citing Perm’s regional investigative committee, reported that a criminal investigation has been open to determine if the Mini Hotel Caramel, which is at the bottom of a residential building, met safety requirements.
2am in the morning boiling water flooded the small hotel. Local media reported that the pipe in question was constructed nearly 60 years ago. According to documents cited by the press, the building’s management company had planned to “completely” replace the heating system last year, however, it is unclear whether any work was actually done. In reviews, hostel guests had complained that rooms had no windows. Witnesses only saw steam going out of the building and people screaming go-go.