"The Yelets interdistrict investigation department of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Lipetsk Region has opened a criminal case on the death of a woman and a minor as a result of household gas cotton in the village of Solidarity, Yeletsky District," the statement of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the region says.
The case was opened under the article on the provision of services that do not meet security requirements.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the emergency was gas cotton in the central part of the house.
Earlier it was reported that the body of the second deceased was recovered by rescuers from the rubble after a gas explosion in a residential building in Yelets, Lipetsk region, this is a child.