March 25, a fire broke out in the biggest shopping centre of Kemerovo «Winter cherry» (Russia). As of March 26, 12.00 PM (Moscow time) had information about the deaths of 64 people, of which identified 15. More than 80 people received injuries of varying severity, 13 people were hospitalized.
The roof of the shopping center severely damaged, and the overlap between the 3rd and 4th floors partly destroyed. Several times the firefighters left the building because of the danger of collapse.
In the network appeared the first photos taken inside the «Winter cherry» after the fire. They show that the building was almost completely destroyed and is unlikely to be restored.
The first photo inside the burnt TC Winter cherry in #Kemerovo #Horror #Condolences #tragedy pic.twitter.com/qx4yqFGaAu
— Nikita (@ToDocTorGold) March 26, 2018
In the immediate vicinity of the fire was a petting zoo with 200 Pets. They all burned to death. According to eyewitnesses, the staff of the center, not even trying to save the animals, left the building.
On the morning of 26 March, the head of EMERCOM of Russia acknowledged that, despite repeated statements by officials that the fire is out, in fact, the building continued to burn. In some places the temperature reaches 600-700°C. With fire managed to cope only to 14.00 Moscow time.
Alexander lillevali is the father of 2 girls missing, told that «Winter cherry» they came on the show. Having daughters in the hall, Alexander went to the first floor to wait until the kids watch the cartoon, as in each he called one of the girls and reported smoke in the hall. According to her, the front door of the theater was blocked. The man rushed upstairs and saw that the top floor is all tightened by a smoke.
«I ran up the stairs, someone pushed me in the arm with a wet cloth, I closed her nose. When he reached the fourth floor, broke a window to pull was up, and then fell. Began to crawl, I realized that I have no strength left, — I inhaled carbon monoxide that here-here will faint. My daughter is constantly staring at me. I just cried to her on the phone, so she tried to get out of the hall, but nothing could come was the fire,» recalls Alexander.
#Kemerovo with each new photo becomes painful. I’m not from this city,but this is a common tragedy and the problem!Sales people,this is your doing! pic.twitter.com/SRNXLw4e6H
— Elizabeth (@RodionovaLiza) March 26, 2018
Realizing that the child he to go home, the man came down for help and met the first team of rescuers. Alexander asked them to hurry, however, according to him, the emergency workers followed his instructions and went immediately to rescue trapped in the cinema for children.
«I told them at the 4th floor of the children locked in a smoky room, they need to display, they are still alive! The MOE staff agreed, but as much as 3 minutes wore masks! And then entered the building. I showed them the ladder by which the fastest you can resort to the cinema, and at first they followed me, and then some guy told them on the Central staircase of the fire, and they ran after him,» continues the story of the father of the missing girls.
On the request to give him a gas mask Alexander rescuers refused, explaining to him that they must act according to the rules and will do everything in order.
«My girls were left to burn because of the damn order!» — exclaims in frustration Alexander.
Among the victims were many children. We already know about 10 dead. Among the missing are 12 pupils of the 5th grade school treshevsky village, near Kemerovo. They came to town on tour and in the time of the fire watched the cartoon. Most of the victims were found under the rubble of the Mall. Destroyed almost the whole fourth floor, and this means that under blockages there can still remain the bodies of the victims.
Alena Zipunova, the mother of one of the girls 5-A class told how her child was in the ill-fated Mall. Children of this day went on a trip to Kemerovo. In the «Winter cherry» children first visited a bowling alley, and then went to watch a cartoon. The session began just 15 minutes before the fire. According to preliminary data, everyone who was in the cinema, burned down. His door for some unknown reason was blocked.
«Several of their classmates did not want to go and our went. So the God of those removed from death, and our children — no,» says the grandmother of one of the missing students.
«My son is dying there and you make me a sandwich shoved down his throat. You’re out of your mind at all? He’s probably turned into charcoal, my God!» — cries the mother of another missing in the fire of the child.
The owner of the shopping centre Hope Addanac, and several of its employees arrested. According to unconfirmed reports, the woman is the Deputy of regional Council from the party «United Russia«. Police also detained one of the tenants of the «Winter cherry».
shopping center after the fire (photos)#news #Kemerovo #Russia #country #tragedy #children #Kemerovo #russia #Россия21век pic.twitter.com/k57rHdLkQI
— MaDel’ (@Mark__Del) March 26, 2018
In the morning, residents of Kemerovo active we donate blood at the regional blood center has a long queue. The burned building of the shopping center are hundreds of people with toys and candles. The Russian branch of the red cross announced a fundraiser for the victims. The authorities promised to pay to families of victims one million rubles.
