Not less than 37 peoples are confirmed dead resulting from a fire that sprayed over one of the shopping centres in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
According to Russian media, many lives including children and adults as well as properties have been lost as a result of the fire outbreak which happened on sunday 25th March, 2018.
Vidoes going viral on the social media points to some number of victims who were involved in the disaster, trying to save themselves by jumping through windows.
Smoke billowed from windows as fire crews worked to evacuate the property.
The exact cause of the fire is not yet identified but authorities in charge have started a massive investigation into the issue hoping to come out with Antecedent of the disaster
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has offered his condolences to the families and friends of the victims who suffered this tragedy
The complex, was commisioned in 2013 and has restaurants, movie theatres, a sauna, a bowling alley and a children's zoo.
Smoke billowed from windows as fire crews worked to evacuate the property.
The exact cause of the fire is not yet identified but authorities in charge have started a massive investigation into the issue hoping to come out with Antecedent of the disaster
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has offered his condolences to the families and friends of the victims who suffered this tragedy
The complex, was commisioned in 2013 and has restaurants, movie theatres, a sauna, a bowling alley and a children's zoo.
The fire is believed to have started around 17:00 (10:00 GMT) local media report.
"According to preliminary information, the roof collapsed in two cinemas," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Yevgeny Dedyukhin, deputy head of the Kemerovo region emergency department, said the area of the fire was about 1,500 sq m.
"We've got 288 emergency personnel working on site, 62 fire units and an airborne group," he added.
"They are all taking part in the search and rescue operation. We are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. The shopping centre is a very complex construction. There are a lot of combustible materials."
Deputy governor of the Kemerovo region, Vladimir Chernov, said 13 bodies had been found in one of the movie halls.
Emergency services managed to evacuate about 100 people from the building and rescued another 20, Itar-Tass news agency reports.
-ghanaweb.com
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