The governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region resigned on Sunday over a mall fire that killed more than 60 after a litany of violations in safety procedures left shoppers and children trapped inside the building. A picture shows a petting zoo area in the fire-gutted shopping mall in Kemerovo. People visit a makeshift memorial in tribute to the victims of a shopping mall fire. On Friday, police arrested an executive with the firm that owns the shopping mall. The calamitous way the emergency was handled stirred public anger in Kemerovo and focused attention on corruption and lax fire safety standards.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2018 07:18 UTC