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Fire sweeps through Russian warehouse, killing 17 workers

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Colleagues and relatives of dead workers from Kyrgyzstan react as they gather next to the burnt building of a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Russian emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (The Associated Press)

Colleagues and relatives of dead workers from Kyrgyzstan react as they gather next to the burnt building of a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Russian emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (The Associated Press)

A woman reacts as colleagues and relatives of dead workers from Kyrgyzstan gather next to the burnt building of a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Russian emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (The Associated Press)

Russia's emergency services say a fire swept through a printing plant's warehouse in Moscow, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan.

The emergency services say Saturday's fire was caused by a faulty lamp in the warehouse, where many flammable liquids and paper products were stored.