An 11-year-old boy burst into tears as he was told his mother, father and four-year-old sister were all killed in a shopping mall inferno.

Sergei Moskalenko, 11, was pushed out of a window by his father, Evgeny, 35, in his final act before burning alive.

Miraculously, the youngster survived after falling 40ft from the fourth floor of the shopping mall in Kemerovo, Russia.

He suffered fractures as he struck an air conditions duct and door awning on the way down but was caught by a group of men.

Sergei Moskalenko, pictured lying in a hospital bed, miraculously survived the horror blaze at the shopping mall

The tragic 11-year-old was pushed out of a burning window by his father Evgency, 25, in his last act before being burned alive

Sergei suffered multiple fractures and was taken to hospital. He was today told that he was an orphan after both his parents were killed along with his younger sister, Ksenia

His relatives and counsellors had dreaded telling him the grim news, but they sat together at his hospital bedside to inform him of the worst news he could face, she admitted

Sergei was rushed to hospital following the blaze which claimed the lives of 64 people, including 41 children.

But it was only today that the tragic youngster was informed that his parents and younger sister perished in the fire.

Relatives and counsellors were sat at his hospital bedside when they gave him the grim news, said psychiatrist Anna Portnova.

The boy burst into tears on being told his father, mother Olesya, 30, and sister Ksenia, four, had died, said psychiatrist Anna Portnova

Sergei, seen left and right, with his sister, managed to escape with his life. But a total 64 people were killed in the appalling blaze, 41 of them children

The latest official death toll from the Kemerovo inferno is 64 with 47 injured and many still unaccounted for

His horrific fall, caught on video flashed around the globe, symbolised the appalling Kemerovo inferno which is being blamed on a succession of safety blunders

Despite hitting an air conditioning duct and a door awning, Sergei was caught in rug held by a group of men

She added: 'They couldn't get themselves together or overcome the fear of seeing his heavy reaction to what they had to say.

'They were scared. They couldn't find the words. Today, after lengthy work, we found the right approach, the tactics for howto speak to the boy.'

'He reacted in the way a child should to such terrible news - he cried.'

Fighting through tears, the devastated boy asked: 'Who will I live with?'

Roaring flames tore through the shopping mall this week in Kemerevo, Russia

Thick black smoked billowed into the sky after the shopping mall in Siberia was engulfed in flames

He was told one of his grandmothers will care for him and become his guardian.

Kind-hearted Russians are fundraising for the little boy after his story emerged.

A leading pop singer Philipp Kirkorov, 50, has vowed to support him as he grows up without his family.

Vera Lavrova, the boy's aunt, said: 'We have not asked people for help - but they keep offering.'

Funerals for his family have been held in the grief-stricken city, centre of the Russian coal mining industry.