ANKARA
At least 11 people have been killed in the fire that gutted a shopping center in the western Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday, officials have said.
The head of a regional branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Igor Panshin said early Friday that the death toll had risen to 11 from a previously reported five.
He added that 55 people had been injured and at least 20 more were feared to still be under the debris.
A fire broke out on Wednesday in a cafe located in the mall's first floor and spread to the other two floors, the media reported.
Around 650 people had to be evacuated from the complex in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
