"The Department of Emergency Situations evacuated 43 residents from their apartments, including 10 children. The fire was extinguished on an area of 20 square meters," reads the report.
This morning, Kokshetau firefighters received a message about a fire in one of the shopping centers in the city center.
Upon arrival, they found that the ceiling of the shopping center, located on the first floor of a five-story residential building, was burning and smoke had spread to the upper floors.
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