Investigation in the hostel where five people died after pipes with boiled water burst in Perm, Russia. (Investigative Committee
Investigation in the hostel where five people died after pipes with boiled water burst in Perm, Russia. (Investigative Committee

A hotel manager has been jailed after five people were boiled alive in their beds when a huge hot water pipe burst, flooding their rooms with steaming hot water.The shocking incident took place in a hotel named Caramel in the city of Perm in the Perm Krai of Russia on 20th January 2020.Due to a pipe break in the hotel, boiling hot water began to flow into the building, which caused nine people to receive burns, and five to die.(Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation/Newsflash)