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The death toll as a result of the fire in the Odesa Star Tokyo hotel increased to nine people – the body of another person has been discovered at the scene, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports.

“According to the updated information, at 2:12 p.m. on August 17, during the investigative actions at the scene of the fire, the body of the ninth dead person was discovered,” it said on Facebook.