The number of victims of the fire in Kazan mall “Admiral” has increased to 11 people. Under the rubble could be another 20 people. Rescuers continue to analyze debris. In the MOE indicate guilt guards cafes, who have decided that they have coped with fire, and opened the doors and windows for ventilation. And due to the influx of fresh air flames flared up and went to cut off further into the shopping center.
The bodies under the rubble of the largest shopping center in Kazan rescuers began to find closer to the night. Even before the death toll was five. But the chief of the Volga Regional Emergency Center of Russia Igor Panshin said that unaccounted listed another 25 people – mostly sellers.
Zavala three-storey shopping center rescuers assorted whole Thursday. Moved cautiously inside was a lot of metal structures, which threatened to collapse.
With the help of cranes large part been pilfered. Smaller cut with chainsaws and gazorezov. Was removed two dozen dump trucks with rubble.
In the MOE decided that people would be about a third, the “problem” output . “We have important work to ensure the safety of rescuers at removing the debris. People can be in the right and on the left, but we assume that the majority of people remained in the left wing, so we started working on this side of the building, “- said the day before Panshin.
Cranes and other heavy equipment completed the work in the evening. Then before the conflagration were installed lamps, and went into the building emergency workers. The direction of movement has been guessed correctly. Around midnight, the sixth body was found deceased, an hour later found two more. By five in the morning from the rubble were extracted body ninth and tenth victims of the collapse. About 10 o’clock in the morning found another body, reports Tass on Panshina.
Now the rescue work continues.
In the MOE said that among the missing number of their colleagues – a lieutenant colonel. He led a group of people from the building, was the last, when the collapse began.
Two other rescuers were taken to hospital with injuries.
the victim’s identity is still installed. While it is known that killed two Tajik citizen. Among the two dozen injured nine citizens of other countries – Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. Their injuries and burns, some inhaled carbon monoxide. Eight of the wounded are in hospital, one serious condition.
The wounded and the dead – it’s sellers. When the fire started, they ran into the building and tried to save their goods. Imposed on the street carpets, clothes, chairs, mirrors, mannequins. All throw off the snow around fire trucks.
Witnesses shot the video from the rear of the complex. The footage shows how out of the mall clubs belching black smoke. The snow lay things. Around them are owners, protecting and awaiting the arrival of their comrades with cars. “All the machines to capacity, have to bear the” – heard a woman’s voice-overs.
Some have already got hold bags and neatly packaged goods. Women tied items in sheets and dragged bales on itself. Just 30 meters located railway station. Merchants threw things at a high platform.
The video shows that sellers scurrying about with bags on rails, do not miss the train, which was approaching the station. The driver repeatedly signaled to them only after people have left the tracks.
The local press remembered that in October last year had serious fires in the Vietnamese market and the “Karavaevo.” And in May 2013 burned shopping center “New Tour”. These markets have moved traders who previously stood on the city flea markets Kazan. Some entrepreneurs have experienced all three fires.
Talking about the nature of fire, Igor Panshin explains that guards the cafe in the annexe, discovered fire, they decided that they had extinguished.
«The trouble is that when the guards tried to put out the fire on their own, they decided that they coped with the fire and opened the doors for ventilation.
Because of the fresh air intake is widespread fire, spread to the main building, where there was no restraining him fire doors, “- said Panshin.
Also, the MOE say about the numerous violations of fire safety in the mall that have been identified in November last year. In particular, the fire did not like metal mezzanine, which were overbuilt, and fire resistance of metal structures was only 15 minutes. “This led to the fact that the structure could not stand it, had fallen and blocked the escape route for people”, – said Panshin.
The fire in the shopping center “Admiral” is located in the Kirov district of Kazan, occurred on March 11 about an hour of the day. Area fire was 4 sq. M. m. The fire departments worked at the scene for increased fourth call number. Area of the building, according to the Committee for Economic Development of the capital of Tatarstan, was more than 19 thousand sq. M. m, including trade – almost 11 thousand sq. m. m. The building burned for more than eight hours. The fire was extinguished only at 21.30.
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