“A criminal case has been instituted under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (causing death by negligence). According to preliminary data, in one of the apartments located in the city of Azov on the street. Pavlova, there was a clap of domestic gas, which killed two people. Another woman was hospitalized in a medical institution, ”Interfax quotes the agency.
The exact number of victims will be established, noted there. Investigators work at the scene.
The incident occurred on February 22, Saturday. 49 people were evacuated from the house after the explosion and fire. They have been transferred to a temporary accommodation center.
Earlier, as URA.RU reported, experts called the preliminary cause of the gas explosion in a five-story apartment building in Kamensk-Uralsky.