Five people, including one child, were killed in the
Russian city of Perm on Monday when a hot water pipe exploded in the night and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water.
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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% of her body.