Five people, including one child, were killed in the Russian city of Perm on Monday when a hot water pipe exploded overnight and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water. At least three other people were taken to hospital with burns after the incident in the Mini Hotel Caramel, which is located in the basement of a residential building, the region’s investigative committee said.
A doctor treating the victims, Andrei Babikov, said a 33-year-old woman had burns covering 35 percent of her body. Two men aged 28 and 35 were in less serious condition.
