Fire in a shopping center in Russia’s city of KemerovoThree Children Dead as Shopping Mall Catches Fire in Russia
A shopping center was caught on fire earlier on Sunday in Russia’s city of Kemerovo, local emergency service said.
“According to the preliminary data, four children have died as result of gas poisoning after a fire occurred in ‘Winter Cherry’ shopping center in Kemerovo,” a source.
The police have encircled the area of the incident, evacuating people and nearby cars. According to the recent data, 100 people have left the building.
The emergency service has reported that it has deployed 15 fire teams, including 60 firemen to the scene of the accident.
At the same time, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that it had launched a criminal investigation into the case, adding that it’s looking into a certain number of victims.
“Four children corpses have been found in a nursery during the rescue operations,” the committee said.
Later on, the committee updated the information, saying that total of three children and one woman had died, while 26 people had been injured as result of a fire in a shopping center in Russia’s city of Kemerovo.
“According to preliminary data, four people died including three children and a woman, who were in the children’s playroom when the fire erupted, and 26 people requested medical assistance or were sent to hospitals. At the same time, emergency services continue to combat fire and rescue people,” spokeswoman for the Russian Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko said.