The number of people injured in a gas cylinder explosion in the Leningrad Region has risen to six

The number of people injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a catering facility in the village of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region, has increased to six. Such preliminary data were given by the source of "Izvestiya" on February 16.

According to the interlocutor, four victims could be hospitalized in Kingisepp hospital, while two more could be distributed to other medical institutions.

The incident occurred in the Krakolie neighborhood earlier in the day. In the Prosecutor's office of the Leningrad region specified that there was a fire in a catering establishment. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire spread over an area of 200 square meters. m. A check is being conducted on the fact of what happened.