At least 13 people died after a fire broke out in a busy nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, officials said on Saturday.
Kostroma is a city of around 270,000 people, 300km northeast of Moscow on the banks of the river Volga.
State media cited investigators as saying the fire started after a man fired a flare gun indoors, setting the ceiling alight. Police have now detained a man in connection with the incident, the interior ministry said. Most of those killed in the fire had been found in the smoking room, utility room and near the toilets, TASS reported, citing emergency services.
Russia's emergency ministry said it had not recently carried out a fire safety inspection of the premises due to its classification as a small business.
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