MOSCOW—At least 37 people died when a fire burned through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, Russian authorities said. The missing had little chance of survival, it said, citing a source in the rescue team. The fire started at about 5 p.m. on the fourth floor of the mall, which includes a three-screen cinema complex, a skating rink and an entertainment centre for children. “The preliminary version is that one of the children had a lighter,” Chernov told the relatives, according to Interfax. “The fire started from the trampoline pool, filled with foam rubber, which got lit up as gunpowder.”

Source: thestar March 25, 2018 21:45 UTC