Sharjah 24 – AFP: A fire Saturday killed at least 15 people at a restaurant in the Russian city of Kostroma, Russian news agencies reported.

The night-time fire at the restaurant could have been started after a drunk man fired a "flare gun" on the floor, the TASS news agency reported.

State television showed images of the restaurant engulfed in flames.

Governor Sergei Sitnikov earlier said 13 people were killed, but emergency services then said the remains of two other people were found.

The TASS news agency, citing sources in emergency services, said a drunk man with a "flare gun" was likely to have caused the fire.

Local emergency services said the blaze had spread out over 3,500 square meters.