Mar 25, 2018

Reuters | Mar 25, 2018 | ~ Number of dead in shopping mall fire in Siberia rises to 53: agencies ~ | Blogger: [😟Tragically, some reportedly had left their children unattended in one of the mall's cinema halls or at the playground 🕯️😢💔] ... verdensalt.dk thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the fire 🙏 ... “What are the odds”?? Sounds like Scandinavian Star ship fire or The Grenfell Tower fire in London, where no warnings, no mall security, no fire alarms or loudspeaker warnings - NOTHING! (and that people had to find their own way through the top floor of the mall, which was already filled with smoke) ... In a (assumable) modern 1,500 square meters shopping mall, which included an entertainment complex, a cinema, a zoo, and several restaurants!!!?... Verdensalt.dk informations is based on reporting by RT, AP, Reuters, the BBC, Sputniknews, TASS, and RIA Novosti: ".. Russian news agency quoted the emergency services as saying that the number of those missing reached 69. They included 40 children. 43 people were injured. Officials said more than 100 people have been evacuated.. Amid conflicting reports, some have described the source of the fire as the children’s playground, suggesting that the trampoline there caught fire after a child allegedly misused a lighter. Another version suggests that electrical wiring at the playground had short-circuited. Reports from witnesses have described panic as people realized there was a fire spreading, with many saying on social media that there were no fire alarms or loudspeaker warnings, and that people had to find their own way through the top floor of the mall, which was already filled with smoke. Several hundred people, including many children, were in the mall at the time.. "... |

Firefighters extinguish a fire at a shopping mall in Kemerovo, Russia March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dmitry Saturin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The death toll at a shopping mall blaze in the Russian city of Kemerovo on Sunday has risen to 37, news agencies reported, citing local authorities.

Kemerovo, a coal-mining center in Siberia, is located some 3,600 km (2,200 miles) east of Moscow.

https://www.rferl.org/a/siberian-shopping-mall-fire-deaths/29122759.html