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More than 4.5 thousand people were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon from the shopping mall "Afimoll-City" in the center of Moscow after the fire alarm sounded, a... 03.04.2018, Sputnik International

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More Than 4.5 Thousand People Evacuated From Mall in Central Moscow - Source

10:18 GMT 03.04.2018 (Updated: 10:45 GMT 03.04.2018)

© Sputnik / Vladimir Trefilov / Go to the mediabankVisitors outside AFIMALL City shopping center. Security services verify memos on bombs being placed in buildings and shopping malls, Moscow. File photo

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More than 4.5 thousand people were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon from the shopping mall "Afimoll-City" in the center of Moscow after the fire alarm sounded, a source in the emergency services of the capital told Sputnik.

"As a result of the fire alarm from the shopping center" Afimall City at the address: 2 Presnenskaya embankment, 4.5 thousand people have been evacuated," the source said.

All floors of the building are being inspected. No information about a fire has been officially announced yet.

Очередная ложная тревога? Пока петух не клюнет — мужик не перекрестится…#афимолл #afimall pic.twitter.com/y0evAmELOC
— kuzhrom (@kuzhrom) 3 апреля 2018 г.

According to the local emergency services, the fire alarm went off because of smoke, now the smoke has dissipated.