Two more people injured in the Moscow metro fire were hospitalized on Wednesday afternoon, while the total number of those hospitalized is 17, city health department chief Georgy Golukhov said.

"Two more people have been taken to city hospitals suffering from smoke inhalation. One of them was admitted to the Sklifosofsky Institute and the other to the 14th city clinical hospital," he told Interfax on Wednesday.

As of 1500, 61 people had asked for medical attendance, he said.