Witnesses told Russian television that some did not hear alarms or did not take them seriously and that the fire took hold very quickly, leaving many children separated from their parents. This handout picture released by The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry on March 25, 2018, shows emergency vehicles as they gather outside a burning shopping centre in Kemerovo. There were a lot of children, children without parents,” said witness Klepova. A shopping mall fire in March 2015 killed 11 people in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan some 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of Moscow. Russian state investigators said four people had been detained over the fire, including the owners and leasers of outlets inside the shopping mall.

Source: New Strait Times March 26, 2018 06:56 UTC