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64 people killed in Russian mall inferno, 16 others unaccounted for

Still photo taken from video provided by Russian Emergencies Ministry shows a site of a fire at a shopping mall in Kemerovo, Russia. [Photo by Reuters]

Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday that at least 64 people had been killed in a fire in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.

As many as 41 children may be among the victims, and 16 people are missing, Russian officials say.

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