“In accordance with the law of the Moscow Region, it is possible to pay a million rubles to the families of the victims, and half a million rubles to those who ended up in the hospitals,” he was quoted as saying by Interfax.

On April 4, in a five-story building in Orekhovo-Zuev, a gas column exploded, as a result of which several apartments of the second entrance were destroyed.

A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the incident.

According to recent reports, three people were killed, ten were injured.