At least 56 people, including nine children, have been confirmed dead in fire at a shopping mall in the city of Keremovo in Siberia, according to Russian emergency services cited by local media. The death toll was expected to rise as the rescue operation continued on Monday at the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall, hours after the fire engulfed the four-storey building, Russia's Tass news agency reported. "Two out of three cinema halls caved in from the fourth to the third floor of the building," Vladlen Aksyonov, Russian deputy emergencies minister, told Tass. A representative of the emergency operation headquarters told Tass that 10 out of 44 injured people were being treated in a hospital. Others have received medical attention at the scene. At least 16 people were still missing. "They could be located in the cinema halls that caved in," emergency service personnel told Tass. The fire has been brought under control and a criminal investigation into the cause of the incident is … [Read more...] about Russia: Shopping mall fire kills dozens in Siberia
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At least 48 dead, scores missing in Siberia shopping centre fire
At least 48 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children. Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday gave an update of the death toll in the fire at the Kemerovo shopping centre. Images on Russian television on Sunday night showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre, which also boasts a sauna, a multiplex cinema and a bowling alley that was packed with people in the afternoon. Investigators had initially reported five people dead including a child and another 30 people injured and taken to hospital. As the new death toll was increased last night, a source in the local rescue services said 69 people including 40 children were reported missing, the RIA Novosti agency reported, while the Investigative Committee said it was "verifying information that 35 people could be missing". The preliminary findings of … [Read more...] about At least 48 dead, scores missing in Siberia shopping centre fire
URGENT: 37 Dead, 69 Missing in Russian Shopping Center Fire
Moscow (AP) -- A Russian state news agency is reporting that the death toll in a shopping center fire in a Siberian city has risen to 37 people and 69 others are missing, many of them children.The Tass agency quoted firefighters as saying that 40 of the missing at the Winter Cherry mall in Kemerovo are children. The report also says that an additional 43 people have been injured in the blaze.There has been no immediate information on the cause of the fire Sunday in the city 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) east of Moscow. But Tass reported that the fire started on the top floor of the mall and consumed an area of about 1,500 square meters.The reports didn't say if the victims died from burns or smoke inhalation. … [Read more...] about URGENT: 37 Dead, 69 Missing in Russian Shopping Center Fire
Fire in Siberian shopping mall leaves at least 37 people dead
At least 37 people were killed and many were unaccounted for on Sunday after a fire tore through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. Citing local authorities, the Russian news agency Tass said 40 of those either dead or missing were children. The investigative committee, which looks into high-profile crimes and reports directly to the president, Vladimir Putin, said as many as 35 people could be missing. News agencies said more than 100 people had been evacuated from the mall, which contains cinemas, restaurants and shops. There was no immediate indication of the cause of the fire. Television pictures showed people jumping from the windows of the mall, which was engulfed in black smoke. Kemerovo is a coal-producing region about 2,200 miles east of Moscow. … [Read more...] about Fire in Siberian shopping mall leaves at least 37 people dead
Russia shopping centre fire kills children
Europe 25 March 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43531684 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel At least four children have been killed and several people injured after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in southern Russia, state media report.The blaze started on the fourth floor of the Winter Cherry building in the … [Read more...] about Russia shopping centre fire kills children