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21:43, 25-Mar-2018
Three children and a woman killed in Russian shopping mall blaze
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At least four people, including three children, were killed and 26 injured in fire at a Russian shopping mall on Sunday, according to the Russian Investigative Committee.
The deadly blaze took place at the fourth floor of the "Winter Cherry" shopping center in Kemerovo, an industrial city in central Siberia.
Firemen fighting a fire at a shopping center in Kemerovo, Russia, which has killed three children and a woman on March 25, 2018. /VCG Photo
Firemen fighting a fire at a shopping center in Kemerovo, Russia, which has killed three children and a woman on March 25, 2018. /VCG Photo
The four deceased were reportedly in a children's playroom on that floor when the fire broke out.
20 people were rescued from the building and a total of 100 evacuated, local authorities said.
An investigation is underway.
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