"A huge fire tore through a shopping mall in Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad, forcing around 140 people to evacuate as flames spread across over 1,000 square meters, authorities said.
The blaze erupted on Sunday at the “Giant” shopping center on Moskovsky Prospekt, a major avenue in Kaliningrad, with flames spreading rapidly across the façade and into several floors of the building.
Videos circulating on social media showed people fleeing the building via stairways, some carrying children, as thick smoke billowed from the structure.
A total of 75 firefighters and 15 vehicles were deployed to tackle the burning building, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said, according to news agency Interfax. "
That site has the worse "do you consent" I've seen.
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tweemetervijf18 hr ago
+45
Königsberg. Never forget.
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xX609s-hartXx13 hr ago
+23
Forget it. It's been 80 years, the city is a run down post-Soviet ruin and when they offered to sell it back to Germany they refused.
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sebglhp6 hr ago
+2
They've got plenty of post-Soviet ruin at home
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StonedUser_2114 hr ago
+1
Wikipaedia: It has been reported that during the negotiations on the Two-Plus-Four Treaty in the summer of 1990, Soviet Major General Geli Batenin allegedly offered Joachim von Arnim, head of the political section at the German Embassy, to negotiate on the issue of Kaliningrad, but that von Arnim rejected the offer.
(Link available in German only)
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/wiedervereinigung-moskau-bot-verhandlungen-ueber-ostpreussen-an-a-695928.html
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LeDorkk19 hr ago
+6
Jesus, smoke inhalation is no joke
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kymri15 hr ago
+10
Yeah; it sounds like 'inhaling smoke and coughing' not 'inhaling superheated, toxic air and dying because your longs are cooked and ruined.
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ManualPwModulator20 hr ago
+10
Whatever makes those happy…
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macross198417 hr ago
+13
No sprinkler system in place I guess. Or the mall was supposed have one but corruption...cough, cough. At least, there were no fatalities.
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Specialist-Many-84328 hr ago
+2
140 people in a mall? That sounds like a small ass mall
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Ibrins5 hr ago
+1
Ironic, since the cyrillic on top reads "GIANT"
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Glum-Implement985719 hr ago
+7
Russians are well known for negligent smoking (it is more about areas near warzone, but overall they are much more careless on fire safety)
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badger707_XXL15 hr ago
+3
ruzzian style fire drill...
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raftsa3 hr ago
+1
GIANT is a brand name
It’s like a home-maker center….furniture and bathroom fittings, but also a grocery store, and it’s really not that big.
I can see there only being 140 people at any one time.
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