Second Moscow shopping centre hit by fire

A fire at a shopping centre in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, is the second such blaze in four days (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service/AP)

A massive fire damaged a shopping centre on the eastern outskirts of Moscow on Monday, the second such blaze in four days.

The blaze in Balashikha, at a mall which trades in construction items and home decoration materials, first erupted in a storage area and then spread through the building.