As explained to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" in the press service of JSC "Mosgaz", gas equipment is not the cause of the fire.

It is reported that at 09:39 a request - "cotton" was received at the control panel of the "101" service. A brigade of the rescue team of Mosgaz JSC promptly arrived at the scene.

The fire source was in the living room of apartment No. 50. Experts checked the condition of the gas equipment: all gas appliances are intact and sealed, there are no violations in their work.

The causes of the incident are being established. 

Earlier it became known that four people were injured in the explosion and the ensuing fire in a residential building on Kubinka Street in Moscow.