STORY: Blazing flames in the early hours of Friday morning. According to the authorities, a fire broke out in one of the largest shopping centers near Moscow. At least one person died. Part of the building collapsed, making it difficult for the fire brigade to put out the fire. The shopping mall was located in the northeast of the Russian capital and had an area of around 17,000 square meters. Numerous Western retail chains had been in the shopping center before they withdrew from Russia in the wake of the Ukraine conflict. It is not yet known what caused the fire.