Huge fire engulfs Russian shopping mall Mega Khimki near Moscow

A immense occurrence has ripped done a large buying analyzable connected the borderline of Moscow sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 person, Russia's Emergencies Ministry has said.

Video of the blaze showed explosions astatine the monolithic Mega Khimki mall.

Arson is being investigated arsenic a imaginable origin of the fire, but an electrical responsibility is thought to beryllium a much apt trigger.

The promenade had housed large Western retail outlets, until they pulled retired aft February's penetration of Ukraine.

The occurrence dispersed crossed the extortion of the OBI superstore astatine the analyzable overnight connected Thursday, and astatine 1 constituent covered 18,000 sq m (194,000 sq ft).

By astir 08:30 Moscow clip (05:30 GMT) firefighters quoted by Russian media said it had been contained to an country of 7,000 sq m.

The Emergencies Ministry is said to beryllium considering utilizing aviation to proceed warring the fire.

At slightest 1 detonation astatine OBI, which sells location and plot betterment wares, caused the operation to commencement collapsing, firefighters said.

The blasts are thought to person been caused by exploding aerosols and overgarment tins.

The German hardware concatenation OBI nary longer owns the store, having sold each its Russian outlets - including 27 superstores - implicit the summer.

A 60% involvement was bought by Russian-born German-Israeli businessman Josef Liokumovich for conscionable $10 (£8).