March 25th at 16. 00 local time (12. 00 MSK) received the first fire signal in the Kemerovo shopping center "Winter Cherry" at Lenin Avenue, 35. The shopping center is located in the city center. From the burning building, more than 200 people were evacuated - visitors and employees. However, the fire area has already reached 1500 square meters. According to one data in the game room, on the other - in one of the cinemas were found the bodies of three children and women who died because of poisoning by products of combustion. Later, another victim was found. Another 30 people were hospitalized from the scene to the city hospitals. Two of the victims are in extremely serious condition. Unfortunately, the death toll could increase. Unknown fate of 17 people, among whom there are children. Searches for rescue work.
It was not possible to save the inhabitants of the contact zoo - there are about a hundred of them.
In some places, the floors and ceilings of the building collapsed. The work of firefighters is hampered by a crowd of onlookers near the building. The whole third and fourth floors of the shopping center are burning. In the networks there was a video with people who jump out of the building through the window. While the fire can not be extinguished. The traffic police made a lot of efforts to evacuate the cars parked near the shopping center and provide passage to the burning building of special equipment and ambulances. Around the building there is a cordon.
According to preliminary data, the fire began on the fourth floor in the playroom. The hearth was, probably, in a pit with foam rubber.
In the work of the operational headquarters, the governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev and his deputy Yevgeny Dedyukhin.
The management of the shopping center believes that there was an arson attack. Investigative Committee instituted criminal proceedings under Article. 109, 219 and 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence, violation of fire safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence, rendering services that do not meet safety requirements).