US EditionMoscow Apartment Explosion Kills At Least 3
- An explosion occurred Sunday evening in a Moscow apartment building’s ninth floor in the Yasenevo district, killing at least three people and sparking a fire.
- Authorities have not yet confirmed the exact cause of the fire or explosion, but a source from emergency services suggested that a gas cylinder could have been involved.
- The fire spread across the eighth and ninth floors, causing a partial floor and roof collapse, and authorities evacuated about 150 residents to a nearby school.
- Fire crews extinguished the flames after approximately an hour but smoldering resumed Monday morning, with strong winds preventing safe resumption of firefighting work.
- Law enforcement launched a criminal investigation with no charges announced, and at least six injured people are receiving treatment following the blast and fire.
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There is no official confirmation of the cause of the explosion yet, but it is speculated that it was a gas line failure.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency confirmed that it investigates an explosion followed by a fire, which occurred this Sunday in a residential building in the southwest of the capital, Moscow, which killed two people and left about 13 injured, some of whom were hospitalized.The Moscow Fire Department, with the participation of 60 troops and 20 teams, reported that two people were found dead on the 9th floor balcony and that an individual was resc…
An explosion shook the southwestern part of the Russian capital due to a detonation in an apartment building, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee reported.
Report in Russia: The explosion that shook a residential building in Moscow yesterday occurred in the apartment of an electrician who worked a few months ago in one of the president's palaces • He told his friends that he was supposed to work there again tomorrow, May 7 • Details of the explosion and the investigation have been kept under wraps
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