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Kemerovo fire: Who are the victims in the Russia leisure centre blaze? | Kemerovo fire: Who are the victims in the Russia leisure centre blaze? |
(about 7 hours later) | |
The shops and cinema auditoriums were packed with families enjoying the school holidays when the fire took hold. | The shops and cinema auditoriums were packed with families enjoying the school holidays when the fire took hold. |
Among them were Igor Vostrikov's; his wife, sister and three children, aged two, five and seven were there. | Among them were Igor Vostrikov's; his wife, sister and three children, aged two, five and seven were there. |
They suffocated inside a cinema, unable to escape because the doors were locked, he says. | They suffocated inside a cinema, unable to escape because the doors were locked, he says. |
At least 64 people, including 41 children, died when the Winter Cherry leisure centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo went up in flames on Sunday. | At least 64 people, including 41 children, died when the Winter Cherry leisure centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo went up in flames on Sunday. |
Speaking at a protest in the city centre on Tuesday, Mr Vostrikov told how his wife phoned him, short of breath, as smoke filled the room. | Speaking at a protest in the city centre on Tuesday, Mr Vostrikov told how his wife phoned him, short of breath, as smoke filled the room. |
"There was no panic - she was saying goodbye." | "There was no panic - she was saying goodbye." |
"I have nothing more to lose," he said. "All my family died... There's nothing left for me to live now". | |
Time after time, relatives have described how their loved ones used mobile phones to plead for help or say farewell. | |
"I cannot escape," 12-year-old Vika Pochankina, who was in the cinema with her classmates, told her aunt Evgeniya Oganisyan on the phone, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. | "I cannot escape," 12-year-old Vika Pochankina, who was in the cinema with her classmates, told her aunt Evgeniya Oganisyan on the phone, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. |
"Tell mum that I loved her. Tell everybody that I loved them," she said. It is unclear if the girl survived. | |
Aleksandr and Olga Lillevyali told Meduza, a Russian news website based in Latvia, that their three daughters had been watching the film Sherlock Gnomes when smoke began to fill the theatre. | Aleksandr and Olga Lillevyali told Meduza, a Russian news website based in Latvia, that their three daughters had been watching the film Sherlock Gnomes when smoke began to fill the theatre. |
"My daughter kept calling me," Mr Lillevyali said. | "My daughter kept calling me," Mr Lillevyali said. |
"I only shouted to her that she should try to get out of the hall, but I couldn't do anything. There was only fire in front of me." | "I only shouted to her that she should try to get out of the hall, but I couldn't do anything. There was only fire in front of me." |
Sergei Moskalenko, 11, survived the inferno after his father pushed the boy from the window, writes the Komsomolskaya Pravda. | |
Eyewitnesses filmed a horrific video of the boy falling on the asphalt. | |
He was taken to hospital with serious injuries - but has now regained consciousness. | |
The boy's parents and four-year-old sister died. | |
"I think he remembers everything. After regaining consciousness in the morning, he burst into tears after he saw his grandmother," Sergei's aunt is quoted as saying by the newspaper. | |
Maria Moroz, 13, was among dozens of children stuck in the leisure complex. | |
"We're burning. It's probably goodbye," she wrote in an online post, before her account went silent. | |
The fifth grade student is one of 38 people still missing, according to the list (in Russian) published by the local authority in Kemerovo. | |
Reports in Russian media say that all her classmates could have died in Sunday's blaze. | |
Officials have blamed "criminal negligence" for the blaze, amid reports that fire alarms were switched off and exits were blocked in the complex. | Officials have blamed "criminal negligence" for the blaze, amid reports that fire alarms were switched off and exits were blocked in the complex. |
Russia's investigative committee has refused to publish names of the victims until a later date. | |
But one of the first to be identified in Russian media was Tatyana Darsalia, a 37-year-old teacher. | But one of the first to be identified in Russian media was Tatyana Darsalia, a 37-year-old teacher. |
Her teenage daughter, Eleanora, appeared to pay tribute to her mother in a post on Russian social media site VKontakte (VK), calling her a hero for allowing children to escape the building before her. | Her teenage daughter, Eleanora, appeared to pay tribute to her mother in a post on Russian social media site VKontakte (VK), calling her a hero for allowing children to escape the building before her. |
Also said to be among the dead were Anton Mukhin, 28, and his five-year-old son Ratibor. | Also said to be among the dead were Anton Mukhin, 28, and his five-year-old son Ratibor. |
Memorial ceremonies are being organised for those known to have died. | Memorial ceremonies are being organised for those known to have died. |
But dozens of other families are anxiously awaiting news amid fears the death toll could be higher than officially reported. | But dozens of other families are anxiously awaiting news amid fears the death toll could be higher than officially reported. |
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