Families of those killed in the explosion of a high-rise building in Saratov will be paid 1 million rubles.

Financial assistance in the amount of 1 million rubles will be paid to the families of those killed in a gas explosion in a multi-storey building in Saratov. This was announced on July 26 by Roman Busargin, Governor of the Saratov Region.

"It has been decided to pay financial assistance in the amount of 1 million rubles to the families of those killed in the house on Blinova Street," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Busargin, the funds will be allocated from the reserve fund of the regional government. The governor clarified that at the moment it is known about six dead.

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As a result of the tragedy, three people died.

The explosion in a multi-storey building in Saratov occurred on July 25. A criminal case has been opened into the incident, and a regional state of emergency has been declared in the Saratov Region. July 26 has been declared a day of mourning in the region. Searches for missing people are continuing at the site of the explosion.

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