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30 of October, 09:58

Near Khabarovsk was a gas explosion in a residential building Law enforcement agencies want to establish the cause of the explosion, thundered in the evening on 29 October in one of the apartment buildings in the village near Khabarovsk. According to reliable information the investigation, it could happen the result of illegal connection to the gas supply, but field investigators do not exclude that there was a bomb.

Employees of law enforcement agencies and local emergency services trying to find what caused a devastating explosion in a residential building of Korfovskiy village near Khabarovsk. The result of an accident crashed 1 out of entrances - from the third floor to the basement. Rescuers from the rubble.

As specified by the local inhabitants, in one of apartments of this entrance was a man, not paying for gas. Maybe he wanted to illegally connect to the gas network, what is the reason of the explosion. Experts do not dismiss other versions.

"The explosion undoubtedly was, but whether it was a burst gas only - will be dismantled by law enforcement. The force of the explosion was such that the entrance collapsed from the third floor to the basement" - quoted by TASS Deputy Chairman of the Khabarovsky Krai government on issues of fuel and energy complex and housing and communal services Anatoly Litvinchuk. A civil servant provided that the underlying cause was an explosion of a different adaptation.

5 people were pulled out from the rubble alive, they are at a local clinic. "In the process of analysis of blockages rescuers have found the body of a little girl. Consequently, the victims of the explosion were 5 people", - said the Agency's informant.

Rescue work at the scene continues. The terrain of the area introduced the state of emergency. The families of those killed would be compensated in the amount of 500 thousand rubles.
sections: Accidents, Region News

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