Eight children suffered from fire in the shopping center "Komsomol" in Irkutsk. Victims with first-degree and second-degree burns were hospitalized in the burn department of the city hospital # 3, JustMedia reports.. en. Suffered from seven to ten years old.

Children were burned during a science and entertainment show.

As the press secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Irkutsk region Ravil Fattakhov told Interfax, during one of the experiments an alcohol-containing liquid ignited.

At the site of emergency, the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Rescuers had questions about why when the fire broke out, the fire detector did not work and the TC employees did not evacuate the visitors.

Recall, March 25 because of this emergency in the shopping center "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo, there was a terrible fire. As a result, 64 people died, including 41 children. The building of the shopping center completely burned out.