“On the instructions of the prosecutor of the Tver region Sergey Borisovich Lezhnikov, the prosecutor's office of the Moscow region of Tver organized an audit in connection with the popping of gas in the apartment,” the ministry said in a statement.

The observance of the rights of evacuated citizens is taken under special control.

Earlier, investigators began checking in connection with the incident.

In early December, four floors of a residential building collapsed in the village of Yakovlevo in the Belgorod Region as a result of an explosion of domestic gas.