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41 Children Among Russia Mall Fire Dead

  Forty-one children were among the 64 people killed in a fire that ripped through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo at … Continue reading 41 Children Among Russia Mall Fire Dead

By Rejoice Ewodage
Updated March 27, 2018
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 26: A woman places roses, a candle and a plush bear in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to honor the more than 60 victims of a mall fire in Kemerovo March 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 26: A woman places roses, a candle and a plush bear in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to honor the more than 60 victims of a mall fire in Kemerovo March 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

 

Forty-one children were among the 64 people killed in a fire that ripped through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo at the weekend, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

“There are names of 41 children in the list of those who died,” RIA Novosti quoted a source in the regional emergencies services as saying.

Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre, which also houses a sauna, a bowling alley and a multiplex cinema and was packed with people on Sunday afternoon.

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