64 People Die In Fire In Russia

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

At least 53 people died and dozens were injured after a fire in a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia, on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire agency told local media.

The state news agency Tass reported that the fire started in the movie theater of the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center, also known as Winter Cherry, on the top floor of the four-story building that had a bowling alley, a cinema, an animal zoo. small and children's play center.

While it is not known how many children have now been found, or are among the dead and wounded, authorities said 40 children had disappeared after the fire.

The death toll rose Monday morning after 16 other bodies were found in the movie theater area. In total, the fire consumed an area of approximately 1,600 square meters, injuring 47 people.

Russian Emergency Minister Vladimir Puchkov told Tass that two of the complex's three "movie theaters" had collapsed during the fire.

In several images that were taken from the scene of the fire, it was possible to see huge clouds of smoke coming out of the windows and ceiling of the shopping center. The video footage appeared to show a person jumping or falling from what appears to be the third floor, as black smoke rises from a window. Twenty people were saved from the burning building, Tass reported, and another 100 were evacuated.

While investigations continue, numerous irregularities have already been detected.

According to a Fox News investigation, the mall's emergency exits were blocked and the public address system was turned off.