March 25, 2018 / 3:23 PM / Updated 35 minutes ago

Death toll in Russian shopping mall fire reaches 64: minister

Reuters Staff

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo has reached 64 people, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said on Monday.

Members of the Emergency Situations Ministry work to extinguish a fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russia March 26, 2018. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Larry King

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