An investigation has begun in Russia after 10 children were killed when a swimming pool roof collapsed onto them.
Four adults died too and 11 people were injured when the roof fell in on Sunday, in Chusovoi town, near the city of Perm in the Urals region.
It is not yet known why the roof fell, but some officials thought recent heavy snow may have played a part.
A similar collapse at a water park in Moscow in February 2004 left 28 dead when a giant glass roof collapsed.
Emergency ministry officials were reported as saying four cranes and more than 300 rescuers had been sent to the accident.
A criminal investigation has been launched, and rumours it may have been a terrorist attack have been ruled out.
Four children are among the injured, two of them seriously.
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