“The Minister of Emergency Situations flew by helicopter to the scene, in Orekhovo-Zuevo,” the Ministry of Emergencies reports to Interfax.

Earlier it was reported that the governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov went to the scene of the incident.

On Saturday, April 4, in a five-story building in Orekhovo-Zuev, a gas column exploded, as a result, the apartments of the second entrance from the fifth to the third floors collapsed.

According to the Ministry of Emergencies, as a result of the explosion, one person was killed, four more were injured.

The Investigative Committee began an investigation into the incident.