Hundreds of residents of Kemerovo RF today went to the building of the regional administration with a demand to tell them reliable information about the fire in the shopping center Winter Cherry. This is reported by the Russian Novaya Gazeta.

The first reports that the meeting will be held at 09:00, appeared on March 26. They were distributed in telegram channels and groups in social networks.

On the morning of March 27, it turned out that the Soviets Square, which is located in front of the administration building, is cordoned off by the police and blocked by fences.

By the time the spontaneous meeting gathered about 300 people. People came with posters "Corruption kills," "We are all trapped in this zoo," and "How many real victims?". After half an hour in front of the administration, more than a thousand people gathered, they were allowed to pass to the square to the steps of the building.

They came to the vice-governor of the Kemerovo region Sergei Tsivilev and deputy governor Vladimir Chernov. The crowd chanted "Truth!", "Resign!" And demanded that the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

"Many townspeople did not believe that the official number of victims of the tragedy - 64, published in the media, is genuine.

Others said that few firefighters arrived to eliminate the fire, and they did not do everything necessary to save people. ", the message says..

On March 26, 2018, it was reported that the death toll in a fire in the retail and entertainment center of Kemerovo reached 64 people.

The fire began around 4:00 pm on Sunday, March 25. Many people were blocked: some jumped from windows, others climbed on the roof in anticipation of rescuers. The cause of the fire has not yet been accurately established.