The fire in the shopping center, Kemerovo, killing 64 people, 16 were missing, 200 animals were burned alive

Around noon March 25 at the largest shopping center of the city of Kemerovo «Winter cherry» the fire broke out.

According to recent reports, 64 people have died. Wanted 16 people, most of them children. Among the victims were at least 9 children. Information on death of two firefighters were not confirmed.

Petting zoo, worked in the shopping center, the rescuers are unable to evacuate: he was near the fire At the zoo held approximately 200 animals, — according to preliminary data, they died. EMERCOM of Russia repeatedly reported that the fire was extinguished, but later admitted that in the building there are still pockets of flame, the temperature reaches several hundred degrees.

The fire broke out on the last floor of the»Winter cherry«. The preliminary cause of fire is called the damage to the wiring, but there are other versions: witnesses say someone burned a foam filler in the children’s playroom. The fire alarm system malfunctioned, causing hundreds of people who were in the shopping center, until the last moment did not know about the danger which threatened them.

Independently to leave the area of the incident could only a few dozen people, about a hundred were evacuated by rescuers. In the first few hours, firefighters found 13 dead in one of the halls of the cinema, but after some time it became clear that in the midst of the fire left nearly 100 people. The chances that one of them managed to survive trapped in a fire, is minimal. According to unconfirmed information, among the missing listed as a class one of the nearby rural schools. Most people died on the last floor of the shopping center.

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The horror.#Kemerovo #Simsteven https://t.co/w391c2Chy9

— Micah Yakubenko (@yakubenko_m) March 25, 2018

As it turned out, in 2016, a shopping and entertainment complex «Winter cherry» was tested for compliance with fire safety, and officials have had no claims against its owners. The check was recognized as successfully completed.

In June 2016 trade center #Simsteven in Kemerovo has successfully passed a fire safety audit pic.twitter.com/gUZfenMBx5

— Evgeny Kozlov / Evgeniy Kozlov (@ekozlov) March 25, 2018

Currently in hospital there are dozens of people. In total medical assistance provided to 50 people. On-site work of more than 600 specialists of various services, in fire fighting involved 104 vehicles.

The shopping center is almost completely destroyed, there is information that the collapsed ceiling.

To identify managed only 4 victims. Law enforcement detained 4 people, including the owner of the shopping center «Winter cherry» Hope Cudennecresponsible for fire safety and tenant part of the premises. Witnesses said emergency exits were blocked, resulting in a huge number of people were trapped in a fire. In cinemas turned on the light even after it became known about the fire and the staff could not organize the evacuation of visitors.

A criminal case under the following articles: causing death by negligence, violation of fire safety requirements and rendering services not meeting safety requirements.

 

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