China News Service, March 19 According to Russian satellite network reports, on the 19th, a suspected gas explosion occurred in a multi-storey residential building in Moscow Oblast, Russia, causing the floor to collapse.

The Press Office of the Moscow State Government of Russia announced that the death toll from the accident has risen to three and another four were injured.

  On the morning of March 19, local time, on the eighth floor of a nine-story residential building in Khimki, Moscow region, it was speculated that a gas explosion might have occurred, and then the floor slab collapsed.

  According to the latest news, the accident has caused 3 deaths and 4 injuries.

Earlier, representatives of the Russian emergency department stated that the accident caused two injuries and two deaths on the spot.

According to him, one of the deceased was a 3-year-old child, and a 12-year-old teenager was among the injured.

  According to a Russian satellite network report earlier that day, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that the total area of ​​the collapsed floors was 25 square meters.

Gas is installed in the residential building.

After the accident, a total of 57 people used 15 devices to participate in handling the consequences of the accident.

The Moscow State Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation and is investigating the accident.