Eighty people lost in an explosion in Magnitogorsk

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On the night of December 31, the entrance of a 10-story residential building collapsed in Magnitogorsk. The booming explosion literally “folded” part of the panel building. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the explosion was a gas leak.





Currently, search services are working to clear the rubble. It is known that 110 people were registered at the entrance. According to the latest data, five people were killed. Three tenants were lucky to survive, they are in the hospital.

According to local authorities, the fate of 79 people remains unknown. Rescue teams work at the scene, 469 people and 66 special units are involved equipment. It is known that in the near future Colonel General Evgeny Zinichev will fly to Magnitogorsk.

Residents of the house are currently evacuated and are in temporary accommodation., Hot meals are organized. Representatives of the region’s leadership say that the issue of housing for citizens living in the destroyed entrance will be quickly resolved.

As it became known, the regional Directorate of the FSB of the Russian Federation does not consider other versions of the causes of the tragedy, except for the explosion of domestic gas.

On the afternoon of December 31, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin flew to Magnitogorsk. He examined the scene of the tragedy, visited the injured teenager who is in the hospital, and also ordered not to save on the resettlement of the residents of the dilapidated house.
  • https://tass.ru
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