Death toll in Russia shopping mall fire rises to 48

Firefighters extinguish a fire at a shopping mall in Kemerovo, Russia March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dmitry Saturin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 48 people were killed and 16 are missing after a fire tore through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Editing by Robert Birsel)