ALMATY (Reuters) -Thirteen people died in a fire at a hostel in Kazakhstan's biggest city, Almaty, on Thursday, the city's emergencies department said in a statement. Nine victims were Kazakhs, two ...

Kazakhstan said Thursday that at least 13 people were killed in a fire that broke out at dawn in a hostel in the Central Asian country's largest city Almaty.

STORY: The fire broke out early in the morning in a three-story building whose ground and basement levels were occupied by 72 hostel guests. The victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning, while the ...