The authorities named the cause of the gas explosion in the house in the Nizhny Novgorod region

“The reason is the explosion as a result of careless handling of the gas cylinder,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier it became known that as a result of a gas explosion in a three-story residential building in Nizhny Novgorod, three people were injured.

The prosecutor's office of the region has begun checking on the fact of the state of emergency.