Huge fire at Moscow mall leaves 14 injured

Moscow: At least 14 people were injured after a massive fire broke out on the second floor of the RIO shopping mall in Moscow's northern suburb.

Tass news agency quoted a source in the city's emergencies services, as saying that nine of those injured were taken to hospital.

A fault in the operation of the smoke exhaust system might have started the fire on Monday.

The fire also spread from second to fourth floor.

According to the report, more than 2,000 people were evacuated by the rescuers from the building.