Terrible screams and banging sounds woke up the residents of an apartment block in the north-west of the capital late on January 24. Those who decided to check out what was going on witnessed a truly bizarre sight: a human figure, engulfed in flames, hitting the walls and doors in vain attempts to put the fire out.
The burning boy then rushed outside where one of the neighbors and a yard-keeper began tossing snow at him, the witnesses said. Someone called an ambulance and when the medics arrived the victim was still conscious, but couldn't answer what had happened to him.
The teen was taken to one of Moscow's best emergency care hospitals, the Sklifosovsky Institute, where the doctors fought for his's life for three days. But the injuries were too severe and he died on Monday.
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