A rescuer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was injured in a gas explosion in a house in the Sverdlovsk region.

As a result of a gas explosion in a house in the Sverdlovsk region, a rescuer of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was injured. This was announced on June 26 by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the region.

"Two died and seven people sought medical help, one of them is a fighter of the Ministry of Emergency Situations," the department's Telegram channel says.

They also noted that three passenger cars were damaged due to the cotton and subsequent fire.

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On the night of June 26, a gas explosion was recorded in an apartment in a five-story building in Ivdel, as a result of which two people were killed and seven injured. A criminal case has been opened into the incident under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Production, storage, transportation or sale of goods and products, performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements").