“According to the preliminary version, the cause of the tragedy was faulty titanium in one of the apartments,” said Aurora Rimskaya, senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the UK for the Primorsky Territory.

In this case, the water heater was not in the apartment of the deceased.

A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the incident under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

Earlier, the head of the Shkotovsky district, Viktor Mikhailov, said that the collapse of the house was due to an explosion of ammunition.