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Casino fire kills four

Monday, April 14, 2003 | 11:22 a.m.

PETROPAVLOSK-KAMCHATSKI, Russia -- A fourth victim of a blaze that swept through a casino on the Russian Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka died overnight, the RIA Novosti news agency reported today.

Five other people were in critical condition after the Friday fire, which destroyed the casino in in Kamchatka's capital, Petropavlosk-Kamchatski, officials said.

Police said arson was a possible cause.

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