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64 people dead in Russian mall massive fire

News Agencies 26 March 2018, 15:04 IST

64 people dead in Russian mall massive fire

The death toll in a fire incident at Russia's Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall has risen to 64.

Five more bodies were found near the cinema and 11 are still missing, TASS quotes a spokesperson as saying.

 

A major fire broke out on Sunday at the fourth floor of the shopping mall where most of the victims were present inside a theatre hall.

Till now 100 people have been evacuated. 12 of the victims have been hospitalised while 36 others have received medical assistance as outpatients.

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Around 660 emergency personnel were deployed at the location to conduct the rescue operations. It took more than 17 hours for the team to douse the flame.

 

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A criminal investigation has also been launched in the case to ascertain the cause of the fire.

--ANI

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