Several gym floor slabs collapsed in Yekaterinburg College

In Yekaterinburg, several floor slabs collapsed in the building of the Ural College of Technology and Entrepreneurship (UCTP). This was announced on May 6 by the Prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region.

"Today, May 6, 2026, at about 16:30 (14:30 Moscow time. — Ed.) in the sports hall of the Ural College of Technology and Entrepreneurship of the Sverdlovsk region, several floor slabs collapsed," the department's channel in the Maks messenger said.

It is noted that none of the students and teachers were in the collapsed building at the time of the incident. There are no casualties.

Konstantin Panachev, the prosecutor of the Chkalovsky district of Yekaterinburg, went to college. The agency is establishing the circumstances of the incident. An inspection has been organized. The Department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia for the region in its channel in "Max" announced the initiation of a criminal case.

"Upon the incident, the investigative department for the Chkalovsky district of Yekaterinburg of the SU IC of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Article 293 of the Criminal Code ("Negligence")," the statement said.

On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Sverdlovsk region reported that the area of the collapse in the accident was 400 square meters. m. Five pieces of equipment and 15 personnel were sent to the scene. The Regional Ministry of Education confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident.