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Armenians among casualties of Russian mall fire

Photo of Siranush Ghazanchyan Siranush Ghazanchyan Send an email March 26, 2018, 12:04
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In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, on Sunday, March 25, 2018, smoke rises above a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. At least three children and a woman have died in a fire that broke out in a multi-story shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. (Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP) 
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP

 

 There Are Armenians among casualties of the shopping mall fire in Russia’s coal-mining city of Kemerovo, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Twitter post.

Further details will be provided.

At least 56 people have died in a fire that tore through Winter Cherry shopping and entertainment complex Sunday, TASS reported.

“According to preliminary information, the roof collapsed in two cinemas,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.

The cause of the fire is not yet known and authorities have launched an investigation.

Photo of Siranush Ghazanchyan Siranush Ghazanchyan Send an email March 26, 2018, 12:04
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