Five people are confirmed dead and 25 more are missing and presumed dead after a shopping center in the city of Kazan collapsed in a fire , Russian emergency officials said . Officials said on Thursday that the toll of missing at the Admiral centre is based on reports from relatives and workers in the shopping center , 450 miles east of Moscow . Forty people were injured in the blaze . Firefighters extinguish a fire at a shopping mall in Kazan , 720 kilometers ( 450 miles ) east of Moscow , Russia . Regional emergency services head Igor Panshin was quoted by the Tass news agency as saying 'the hope of finding survivors under the shopping center debris has been abandoned . ' The cause of the fire that began Wednesday has not been determined . At first a security guard battled with the flames on his own before calling the emergency services , according to the BBC . It 's thought that the blaze began in a cafe situated next to the shopping centre . Officials believe a 43,000-square-foot area has been razed to the ground . Around 500 riot police were eventually deployed to stop members of the public entering the building . The cause of the fire that began Wednesday has not been determined . Officials said on Thursday that the toll of missing is based on reports from relatives and workers in the shopping centre . According to local media many of those injured in the fire were hurt as they tried to save their shopping . It 's thought that the blaze began in a cafe situated next to the shopping centre .
Many injured as they tried to save their shopping , it 's been reported . The cause of the fire in the city of Kazan has yet to be determined . The toll of the missing based on reports from relatives and workers .