<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Thirteen people have been killed in a fire overnight at a cafe in the Russian city of Kostroma, local authorities said today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“According to preliminary information, 13 people fell victim to the fire,” local governor Sergei Sitnikov said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian news agencies reported that 250 people were evacuated from the building when it caught fire at night in the city around 300km northeast of Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Sitnikov said that the blaze at the cafe, called “Poligon”, was put out at around 7.30am.</div><div><br></div><div>At least five other people were injured, he said, but they did not need to be hospitalised.</div><div><br></div><div>Local emergency services said they received reports of the fire at around 2am, and that the blaze had spread out over 3,500sq m. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>