Lima, Safar 17, 1438, November 17, 2016, SPA -- At least five people were killed Wednesday after a fire broke out in a shopping centre in Lima, according to local media citing the Peruvian capital's police chief, according to dpa. General Hugo Begazo said that rescue teams were still searching for seven missing people in the Larcomar luxury shopping centre, according to broadcaster RPP. Smoke from the fire reached the Marriott Hotel opposite, in which US President Barack Obama is to stay starting Friday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Begazo dismissed concerns that the fire could have stemmed from an attack. It was the result of an accident, he told the Andina news agency. Prime Minister Fernando Zavala said initial investigations had shown that the cause was a short-circuit. Witnesses said the fire started in a cinema in an underground section of the shopping centre, a 45,000-square-metre facility on the Pacific coast filled with boutiques and restaurants. About 200 people, including many journalists on hand for a press preview of the latest Harry Potter film, were able to escape the blaze on their own. Film critic Jose Romero told dpa he had been standing in front of the doors to the cinema waiting for the film to start when he saw a huge tongue of flame burst out. --SPA 03:52 LOCAL TIME 00:52 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w271129