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The death toll from
Sunday's shopping mall inferno in Siberia has risen to 52, including 11 children, according to Tass which cited Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry.
The news agency said 16 people are still thought to be missing after the deadly blaze.
Identification of victims is still underway, and search and rescue operation is ongoing.
At least 48 others were injured in the blaze and 12 remain in hospital, according to the Russian broadcaster.
The fire broke out on an upper floor of the "Winter Cherry" complex, which boasts cinemas, shops and restaurants in Russia's Kemerovo city in western Siberia at around 17:00 local time (1000 GMT).
"According to preliminary information, the roof collapsed in two cinemas," investigators said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear how many people were inside the complex when the fire broke out, but earlier reports said 20 people were rescued from the building and a total of 100 evacuated.
The fire, whose cause was not immediately clear, has been brought under control; but as many as 660 firefighters and rescue personnel are still working on the scene to locate the missing.
Where did the fire start?
The complex, which was opened in 2013, includes movie theatres, restaurants, a sauna, a bowling alley and a children's zoo.
Smoke billowed from the building
The fire is believed to have started around 17:00 (10:00 GMT) in a part of the building that contains the entertainment complex, local media report.
"According to preliminary information, the roof collapsed in two cinemas," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Yevgeny Dedyukhin, deputy head of the Kemerovo region emergency department, said the area of the fire was about 1,500 sq m.
"We've got 288 emergency personnel working on site, 62 fire units and an airborne group," he added.
"They are all taking part in the search and rescue operation. We are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. The shopping centre is a very complex construction. There are a lot of combustible materials."
What do we know of the victims?
Deputy governor of the Kemerovo region, Vladimir Chernov, said 13 bodies had been found in one of the movie halls.
Emergency services managed to evacuate about 100 people from the building and rescued another 20, Itar-Tass news agency reports.
(BBC&CGTN)
