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Moscow shopping centre fire: Russian emergency services report casualties as mall is evacuated Moscow shopping centre fire: reports of casualties in second deadly Russian blaze
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A fire has broken out at the Persei shopping centre in the west of Moscow, with Russian media quoting emergency services sources as saying they are dealing with casualties.  At least one person has died following a fire at the Perseus shopping centre in the west of Moscow, say resports. 
Video on social media showed thick black smoke rising from the blue mall building. According to multiple reports, the blaze began in a stockroom on the third floor, before spreading to the roof of the building.  Video on social media showed thick black smoke rising from the blue mall building. According to multiple reports, the blaze began in a toys stockroom on the third floor, before spreading to the roof of the building. Three hundred people were evacuated. 
It comes less than two weeks after a major fire at a shopping centre in Kemerovo, Siberia, killed 64 people, most of them children. It comes less than two weeks after a major fire at a shopping centre in Kemerovo, Siberia, killed 64 people, most of them children. 
  
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