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Updated: Feb 16, 2016 10:19 IST

Two Indian girl students were killed and some others were injured in a fire at a medical university in western Russia, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday.

“We have lost two Indian girl students (both from Maharashtra) studying at Smolensk Medical Academy in Russia in a fire accident,” Swaraj tweeted late Monday night.

The minister further said: “Some students are injured. They are out of danger. The place is 400km from Moscow. Our team has already reached there.”

We have lost two Indian girl students (both from Maharsthra) studying at Smolensk Medical Academy in Russia in a fire accident.@RajeGangarde — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) February 15, 2016

Some students are injured. They are out of danger. The place is 400 Kms from Moscow. Our team has already reached there.@RajeGangarde — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) February 15, 2016

According to the Russian investigative committee, the preliminary report showed that fire occurred at the fourth floor of the dormitory of the university on Sunday morning.

The two students killed in the dormitory fire were Indian nationals, it added.

In another tweet, Swaraj said the mortal remains of the two girls will reach Moscow on Tuesday and will be flown down to Mumbai later.