RUSSIA: Five die at French store's building site in Russia

Record ID: 216152

  • Title: RUSSIA: Five die at French store's building site in Russia
  • Date: 1st October 2006
  • Summary: OFFICIALS STANDING NEXT TO BODIES
  • Embargoed: 16th October 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA4ZHBOBB7VHRMTWUM5R0IDSVMI
  • Story Text: Five people died and three were injured on Sunday (October 1) when a flight of stairs collapsed at the construction site of a French hypermarket outside Moscow, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.
    The store is being built by the privately owned French retailer Auchan in Lyubertsy, a suburb southeast of Moscow. The firm could not be reached for comment.
    Auchan and other megastore operators have been doing a brisk business in Russia's capital, taking advantage of an upsurge in consumerism driven by high oil revenues.
    Auchan has nine stores in and around Moscow.
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