Moscow, Agency. A five-story apartment block collapsed on Russia’s Pacific island of Sakhalin, killing nine people trapped under the debris. At the same time, the search for one person is still going on. The governor informed about this incident on Saturday.
Russian news agencies said that according to the information received, this apartment was caused by the explosion of a gas
cylinder.
A blast took place on the fifth floor of a building in a village in Russia. 9 people including 4 children died in the accident. The accident happened on Saturday morning. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 60 people have been rescued. It is suspected that the blast took place due to the leakage of gas.
The ASS news agency quoted a source in the emergency services as saying that a 20-liter cooking gas cylinder had exploded. At the same time, Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing the cause of the disaster.