A fire at a shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo has left at least 64 people dead, many of them children. Russia’s emergency ministry said that six people are still trapped in the rubble of the smouldering Winter Cherry shopping centre in Kemerovo. The fire broke out at the shopping centre on a busy Sunday afternoon and quickly engulfed the top floor of the building, spreading through a children’s ice-skating rink, play centre and a two-screen cinema. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty ImagesThe section of the shopping centre housing the cinema screens collapsed during the fire, Russia’s emergencies ministry reported on Monday. “This shopping centre on several floors was packed with people mid-day Sunday.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2018 20:55 UTC