The Ministry of Emergency Situations announced an increase in the group of rescuers in Orekhovo-Zuev

This was reported by TASS with reference to the agency.

“249 people and 54 pieces of equipment work on the spot. These are firefighters and rescuers in the Moscow Region, public utilities, specialists from the Noginsk Rescue Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Leader Special Risk Rescue Center with cynological calculations, ”the source said.

Earlier it was reported that one person was killed and six were injured in a gas explosion in a residential building in Orekhovo-Zuev, Moscow Region.

The Investigative Committee began a check on the fact of what happened.