4 killed, 10 injured after hot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping mall
By Reuters: Four people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday (local time) after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, officials said.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some of those injured had suffered burns, and that emergency services were working on the scene.
Russian news agencies quoted investigators as saying that there had been no ammonia leak at the site as had been suspected for a time.
Video footage showed flooding throughout the building and steam flowing out of a doorway.
A hot water pipe bursts in a shopping mall in Moscow, injuring several people according to local media.
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The mall, known as Vremena Goda (The Seasons), opened in 2007 and houses over 150 stores.
“We are providing medical assistance to all the victims,” Sobyanin said.