The case of negligence was initiated due to the cold at the Gatchina school

A criminal case has been opened in the Leningrad Region for negligence after widespread complaints about cold batteries at a school in Gatchina. The students themselves told about the cold classes.

According to the students, they are forced to wear jackets in class because it is cold in the rooms without them. At the same time, according to 78.ru In 2025, pipes were repaired at this school. The estimated cost of the work exceeded 1.2 million rubles.

The agency, citing the press service of the TFR department for the region, writes that law enforcement officers examined educational institution No. 11, where heating problems were recorded. The circumstances of the incident are being established. Experts are investigating the causes and conditions of this situation.

The prosecutor's office will conduct its own check.

In early February, it was reported that five schools and nine kindergartens were temporarily closed in Smolensk after an accident on the main heating network. The breakthrough occurred on a section of the thermal network of JSC RIR Energo — Smolenskaya Generation.

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