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Emergency Situations Ministry: Kemerovo fire kills 64, no one is missing

Published March 28, 2018 at 11:15 am

People lay flowers in tribute to the victims of the fire at the shopping centre in Kemerovo on March 26, 2018. At least 53 bodies have been recovered from a fire that swept through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in Siberia, Russian news agencies said Monday.Many people are also still missing from the blaze that broke out on March 25 in the city of Kemerovo, the agencies quoted emergency services as saying./ AFP PHOTO / STR

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The authorities have no information about any people missing as a result of the fire at Kemerovo’s shopping mall; the death toll stands at 64, Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Vladlen Aksyonov told reporters on March 28.

“No one is missing. We have no information about any families unaware of the whereabouts of their members,” Aksyonov said.

The death of 64 visitors of the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall has been confirmed, he said.