Explosions and Fire Smash Moscow Shopping Mall

World Hal Turner 09 December 2022 Hits: 9193

A gigantic fire is underway at a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia. Numerous explosions have rocked the gigantic structure and authorities are already saying it is "arson."

One of the largest shopping malls near the Russian capital was engulfed in flames on Friday with authorities saying they were looking into the possibility of an arson attack.

The fire spread across an area of around 7,000 square meters (75,000 square feet) at the Mega shopping mall in the town of Khimki on the outskirts of Moscow and just seven kilometers (four miles) from the capital's Sheremetyevo Airport.

In #Khimki, #Moscow region, #Russia, there is a large scale fire happening this morning at the Mega shopping mall:

pic.twitter.com/jRvyKu26Xl
— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) December 9, 2022

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+1 # My guess is… — Gregg W 2022-12-09 21:03

The West really wants Russia to nuke America by Christmas!

I have no doubt they are behind this one too.

# That shopping mall in Moscow isn’t the only thing on fire in Russia today. — MildB 2022-12-09 15:53

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From some of the comments .

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1601158874748231680

There is also a major fire raging in a tire factory in Barnaul, Siberia.

The factory mainly produces equipment for the Russian aviation industry & the military.

How unfortunate… https://twitter.com/i/status/1601158874748231680

-1 # REAL TRUTH USA IS DONE — Turnercom1 2022-12-09 14:39

https://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index4114.htm

# Ain't no ordinary fire... — Marlena 2022-12-09 14:00

I've been to many a fire...never saw an explosion like that in anything but industrial facilities with hazardous materials. Looked like a flammable vapor explosion to me--or dynamite. Nothing you'd find in a shopping mall. Could be an (((oligarch))) getting rid of a losing property at a time when terrorists can be blamed. The devil is in the insurance policies.

-2 # RE: Ain't no ordinary fire... — mjc 2022-12-09 21:58

Quoting Marlena:

I've been to many a fire...never saw an explosion like that in anything but industrial facilities with hazardous materials. Looked like a flammable vapor explosion to me--or dynamite. Nothing you'd find in a shopping mall. Could be an (((oligarch))) getting rid of a losing property at a time when terrorists can be blamed. The devil is in the insurance policies.

Not a conspiracy theorist here. Stupidity accounts for 90% of what's superficially 'titillating'.

The usual/correct explanation would be 'natural gas explosion'. But then look at the distances between the (near simultaneous) detonations. And the intervening space was already on fire.

It was beautiful(/terrible?).... and effective,...engineering to drop that.....

5/5

+9 # Is a mall a military target? — Erfman 2022-12-09 12:09

If this was a deliberate attack, then we have to ask ourselves if this was a military target?

The only way I can see this being a valid military target is if the mall was being used to house military items or soldiers and using civilians as shields.

I don't think this is what the Russians are doing but there were articles saying this was exactly what the Ukrainians were doing.

Either way, this is not good.

The best case scenario is the fire was unrelated to any military/terrorist action and that it started from an electrical or heater fault.

Let's pray that is the case.

+1 # Mall — Linda Seikkula 2022-12-10 11:05

Makes me wonder if it was a major shopping preference for someone in leadership. Would be a two pronged message.

+3 # chaos — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 13:11

If you're trying to sew chaos, everything is a military target. If you want emergency services to respond and then get blown away by bombs on delay in Moscow... just thinking out loud. Nevermind me, I don't know what I'm talking about. Listen to experts like Forrest Mosby and Getsum.

+3 # Smells fishy to me. — norwatz 2022-12-09 11:49

It was either an attack or Jewish Lightning. Wonder what the insurance company will say? Those explosions could have come from A Chipotle. Every time I have eaten there I explode in much the same fashion.

+2 # Could explosions be Fuel Tanks — Andy682 2022-12-09 11:47

Clearly explosions of some kind, curious, could that be fuel tanks? Each retail store have a supply of propane or nat gas? Just a thought.

+6 # Reminds me of the timed explosions in the twin towers. — Jessiebeaner 2022-12-09 11:07

Hmmmmmm……we know who planted those explosives, don’t we?

+7 # Every escalation brings us closer to nuclear war — mike6972 2022-12-09 10:48

Why is this not even a story in the US MSM? Why is everyone here asleep?

-2 # RE: Every escalation brings us closer to nuclear war — mjc 2022-12-09 21:59

Quoting mike6972:

Why is this not even a story in the US MSM? Why is everyone here asleep?

Because there's no attributed cause?
Much less 'terrorism'?

Give it time....

+4 # RE: Every escalation brings us closer to nuclear war — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 11:02

Quoting mike6972:

Why is this not even a story in the US MSM? Why is everyone here asleep?

Because Ukrainian terrorist attacks on shopping malls doesn’t fit the Ukraine is so good and so sweet narrative.

+6 # Looks like bombs to me — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 10:36

The video….looks like bombs going off to me. The video shows 3 explosions go off in order.

+2 # Also — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 10:47

That fire looks like it’s been going a long time yet no emergency vehicles are anywhere near???? Not a police blue light or red lights. It’s as if they kept their distance for a reason because otherwise they would have been there in minuets. This stinks and stinks REALLy badly

-2 # RE: Also — mjc 2022-12-09 22:02

Quote:

That fire looks like it’s been going a long time yet no emergency vehicles are anywhere near???? Not a police blue light or red lights. It’s as if they kept their distance for a reason because otherwise they would have been there in minuets. This stinks and stinks REALLy badly

You say....
"going on long"

I say....
"progressed quickly"

Perhaps it was fully involved before 'they' could respond.....

+1 # mall fire — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 10:30

Just an everyday mall fire in Moscow. Nothing to see here folks, go about your business. Those Ruskies are just so drunk on vodka they just don't know how to make malls that don't explode like we do here in the good ole US of A.

-2 # RE: mall fire — mjc 2022-12-09 22:04

Quoting theshaw2000:

Just an everyday mall fire in Moscow. Nothing to see here folks, go about your business. Those Ruskies are just so drunk on vodka they just don't know how to make malls that don't explode like we do here in the good ole US of A.

Every epic Moscow shopping trip does end with...
"Hold my vodka and watch this, comrade!"

This was just 'more epic'......

+5 # Discern, discern... — FewThereBe 2022-12-09 10:25

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Once again, Hal gets the stories, and early.

Some more info:

Quote:

Specialists recorded an increased concentration of phenol in the area of the Mega Khimki shopping center - what is known about the fire by this hour

The cause of the fire, previously, was a violation of safety regulations during welding. In November last year, OBI's latest inspection of a fire-filled hypermarket revealed 50 fire safety violations, emergency services said. As stated in the Ministry of Ecology of the Moscow Region, experts recorded an increased concentration of phenol in the area of a fire in a shopping center in Khimki.

What else is known about the fire so far:

— the fire was localized on an area of 7 thousand square meters, a criminal case was initiated after the fire in the Mega Khimki shopping center under the article “Performance of work or provision of services that do not meet life safety requirements”;

- the explosion occurred due to a large amount of paints and varnishes, gas cylinders also exploded, the shopping center itself was not significantly damaged as a result of the fire, and only a signboard and fragments of walls remained from the OBI hypermarket;

- the security guard of the OBI hypermarket died due to the structure of the burnt building falling on him, according to one of the versions, the man initially left the scene of the emergency, but later returned for his car, TASS reports;

- The shopping center will be closed today;

- the damage from the fire is preliminary estimated at 20-30 billion rubles, it will be a record for such objects, RIA Novosti was told in the All-Russian Union of Insurers.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/24255

Or, is this just a cover-up story?

Discern, discern...

BeSureYouAreSaved.com

# Good observation — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 11:07

I immediately thought the same thing about the lack of emergency vehicles. At the very least police officers would have been on the scene with blue lights by the time a fire got that large in a big city suburb. The lack of ANY emergency vehicles throws up more red flags than I can count. It also appears to me like 3 detonations went off in order

+1 # Sorry — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 11:09

Quoting JohnnyinKY:

I immediately thought the same thing about the lack of emergency vehicles. At the very least police officers would have been on the scene with blue lights by the time a fire got that large in a big city suburb. The lack of ANY emergency vehicles throws up more red flags than I can count. It also appears to me like 3 detonations went off in order

Sorry I meant this to be reply to the fire fighter who commented below this

-11 # Burn Baby Burn — Forrest Mosby 2022-12-09 10:24

Russian inferno

+14 # A firefighters perspective — Arrogant_Penguin 2022-12-09 10:07

I've been a firefighter for around a dozen years now and I'd like to draw your attention to a few things that are readily apparent from this.

First is, you'll notice that there are no engines or firefighters visible in the vid. Any normal fire in an urban area does not grow to the point where it has spread that much and self vented before we get people on scene to attack it without help.

Second is, once a fire has self vented like this, you generally don't get smoke explosions, which means that there was something in there that created those pops. Malls don't generally contain the requisite chemicals to create large low speed explosions like that. It almost seems like firefighters may have caught wind that there was something in there and held way back. Given the energy released in those explosions, it would have been a good call.

Third point is the timing of those explosions. One does not need to have timed or remote control explosives to create this king of event as the fire spread can do this for you. Plus, given the apparently equal spacing between the events shown, makes me think something was planted.

Conclusion, given my training and experience, I would be asking for law as this fire is as suspicious as hell.

-1 # RE: A firefighters perspective — mjc 2022-12-09 22:09

Quoting Arrogant_Penguin:

Second is, once a fire has self vented like this, you generally don't get smoke explosions, which means that there was something in there that created those pops. Malls don't generally contain the requisite chemicals to create large low speed explosions like that.

Not a conspiracy theorist here. Stupidity accounts for 90% of what's superficially 'titillating'.

The usual/correct explanation would be 'natural gas explosion'. But then look at the distances between the (near simultaneous) detonations. And the intervening space was already on fire.

It was beautiful(/terrible?) .... and effective ... engineering to drop that.....

5/5

+5 # Fire fighter — JohnnyinKY 2022-12-09 11:13

Excellent observation! I immediately noticed that as well. At the very least police officers with blue lights would have been on scene in minuets yet not a single emergency vehicle light anywhere. No blue or red. In a big city suburb that is VERY suspicious and a major red flag to me. In the video it looks like a timed demolition with 3 explosions. But the lack of emergency response vehicles makes absolutely no sense in the timeframe it would take a fire to progress that far

+1 # Arrogant_Penguin — Doug Brown 2022-12-09 10:49

Excallent post.
Thanks.

+1 # RE: Explosions and Fire Smash Moscow Shopping Mall — Clynnb41 2022-12-09 09:56

Are there any people there????

# Mall fire — chip 2022-12-09 09:21

No arson,, pre planted explosives or a
Direct attack from some space based
Weaponry.

+1 # The use of explosives — Avanarts 2022-12-09 09:42

is also considered Arson.

-6 # RE: The use of explosives — Forrest Mosby 2022-12-09 10:25

Quoting Avanarts:

is also considered Arson.

Most ‘explosions’ are simply VERY fast burning fires…FYI

+7 # Burning Boxes? — acturner067 2022-12-09 09:14

That doesn't look like a some lone arson type burning? Did someone have Larry Silverstein insure the place?

+11 # █▓▒░ ARSON ?¿?¿?¿ ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 09:07

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In all my years upon this planet, this is first time
I have ever seen the term "arson," applied to
a symmetrical display of explosions, rivaled only
by pyrotechnic professionals.

Good Greif Charlie Brown!

+3 # █▓▒░ More ARSON ?¿?¿?¿ ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 09:22

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Blackrock is saying to get ready for a recession
like no other Impacting the Whole World.
We’ve been warned for some time. The world is
facing recession, the IMF declared.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/biden-economy-blackrock-warns-recession-like-no-impacting-whole-world/

BANK RUNS HAVE STARTED!! BLACKSTONE
LIMITS WITHDRAWALS.. WALL STREET ON
EDGE OF PANIC!

NOT BEING REPORTED IN MAIN STREAM NEWS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZZ-GdchLU

+5 # Dear Russia, only. — Doug Brown 2022-12-09 09:03

Russia is the last Christian Empire upon earth.
It might do well to meditate upon that.
Constantinople fell.
Everyone knows that.
What is left?
Rome? No. Rome lost it's Christian witness.
Russia is the last great Christian Empire.
I

+3 # RE: Explosions and Fire Smash Moscow Shopping Mall — WilliamtheResolute 2022-12-09 08:59

Directed Energy Weapons?

+6 # I heard yesterday — Doug Brown 2022-12-09 08:54

I heard two level-headed analysts discussing
why Russia's progress has been somewhat
restrained of late.
Interesting reply.
Measured for a reason.
The Russians are not moving as fast as
they could to avoid a NATO 'last straw' moment.
They actually said that.
Trying to avoid you know what.

-1 # Seems like the west ..... — BanjoDoug 2022-12-09 11:13

..... West is not giving up on the escalation..... Sooner or later we'll have the "you know what" nuke scenario unfolding, which seems like the west wants, or am I wrong?

So prepping up is not really optional anymore

-1 # Maybe not nuclear but EMP — Boss 2022-12-09 14:11

Emp takes us back to pre-Civil War about 1840.
Prep for that. Prep to be self-sufficient, not just to get through the winter. Chickens, cows, goats, steers, hunting, preserving, making candles, wood burning stoves, fireplaces. Herbal medicines, bartering, steam power. And much more.
God bless you and yours. Pray.

+1 # Shadows — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 08:53

The Shadow War rages on.

-33 # RE: Explosions and Fire Smash Moscow Shopping Mall — The Deplorable Renegade 2022-12-09 08:22

And the Russians cry because they're getting a dose of their own medicine. What the hell do they expect after invading someone else's country and causing so much death and destruction?

+8 # Hey, ya ignore — ERing46Z 2022-12-09 09:55

7 years of Donbass shelling, and your opinion is negated. My brother did two tours training the Ukie national guardsmen "normies" and those men and women do NOT think like Azov types. Or those loony brits and poles. My perspective, after living 6 years in eastern europe, is unclouded and needs no echo chaimber.

-4 # RE: Hey, ya ignore — The Deplorable Renegade 2022-12-09 14:31

Ering, you don't know the true nature of Russians, especially those who grew up during the soviet era. I have family and friends who suffered at the hands of Russians back during the Soviet era. BTW, the ones in Donbas doing the shelling since 2014 are the PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS, NOT THE UKRAINIANS. So my perspective is much more clear than yours.

-1 # █▓▒░ A volley of rockets fired by the Ukrainian military has struck the Voroshilov neighborhood of Donetsk ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 23:10

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Fire erupts after Donetsk rocket strike (VIDEO)

Unconfirmed reports say three civilians were
killed in a Ukrainian attack on the city.

https://www.rt.com/russia/567980-donetsk-shelling-fire/

-1 # █▓▒░ RE: Hey, ya ignore ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 17:51

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A Deplorable quote:
Quote:

BTW, the ones in Donbas doing the shelling since 2014 are the PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS, NOT THE UKRAINIANS.

So are you saying that the people of Donbass are
bombing themselves?

What in the world are you talking about?

# Soviet — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 14:53

The Soviet era is over. The Soviet Union victimized Russians as well. Now you are grouping all Russians into a political institution that doesn't exist anymore.

-6 # Careful! — Getsum 2022-12-09 09:26

Consider this a forewarning...people on this site do not like to see or read opposing viewpoints. Most are in groupthink mode and ALL counter-points to those views WILL be met with ridicule until those opposing views are driven away from this site...thus leaving them with their perfect echo chamber of conspiracy theories, Armageddon dates that never come true and stories of potential disasters that never quite pan out. Consider yourself warned.

-2 # RE: Careful! — mjc 2022-12-09 22:14

Quoting Getsum:

Consider this a forewarning...people on this site do not like to see or read opposing viewpoints. Most are in groupthink mode and ALL counter-points to those views WILL be met with ridicule until those opposing views are driven away from this site...thus leaving them with their perfect echo chamber of conspiracy theories, Armageddon dates that never come true and stories of potential disasters that never quite pan out. Consider yourself warned.

Clearly, you are not of the collective, citizen.....

Body snatcher scream - https://youtu.be/GEStsLJZhzo

# █▓▒░ Careful! — Getsum ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 12:02

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You have blatantly omitted those whom obviously lack an adequate
frame of reference to intelligently address a particular subject, whereas
they try and cover up this inadequacy with their preconceived bias along with
degrading insults, and siding with their favored political agendas.

You get a D+ for effort.

+3 # opposing viewpoints — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 09:50

No one likes to be challenged, however we are countering his ignorant viewpoints with facts though, and that is what is irritating you. Hal doesn't have to allow you on here, and if it were my site you would be banned, but you are being allowed to have your say and you are getting rebuttals and that is what you can't stand. The fact that we aren't capitulating to your ignorance must mean we "can't stand opposing viewpoints". If we argue back we must be "triggered" and "intolerant". Sounds a lot like the MSM and their gaslighting. Why don't you go hang out on CNN or NBCNews.com.

+14 # █▓▒░ Moscow Shopping Mall ░▒▓█ — Palehorse 2022-12-09 08:54

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And your comments are what we have to put up
with from those who don't pay attention.

+9 # lol — theshaw2000 2022-12-09 08:52

What did the Ukranians expect after shelling their own people who wanted to break off and join with Russia after a Western backed violent coup overthrew their elected government?

But hey, if you think ignorance is a good look for you, keep going with it.

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