Collapse during a fire in a private apartment building in Lipetsk. What is known

A fire and explosion occurred in a private apartment building on Bauman Street in Lipetsk, after which the building partially collapsed. There may be three people under the rubble, and one person has died. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

The circumstances of the incident

In Lipetsk, a fire broke out in a private apartment building on Bauman Street. According to preliminary information, the incident was accompanied by a bang. As a result, part of the building's structures collapsed. The fire also spread to parked cars and outbuildings.

The governor of the Lipetsk region, Igor Artamonov, said that the version about the drone crash as the cause of the emergency is not true.

Reasons and criminal case

The prosecutor's office of the Lipetsk region called a possible cause of the fire and collapse an explosion of household gas.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the region has opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements").

Injured and deceased

As a result of the incident, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, one person was killed. According to preliminary information, there may be three more people under the rubble.