Russia is holding a national day of mourning for the victims of a fire at a busy shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, as the first funeral ceremonies began for some of those killed in the blaze are set to be held.
Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Vladlen Aksyonov told reporters on March 28 that no more reports of missing persons had been received, thus appearing to confirm that the final toll of the fire is 64 people dead, many of them children.
