Firefighter. Archival photo YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, 13 Jan. The explosion of a gas boiler occurred in one of the residential buildings in the village of Troitskoye on Sakhalin, the press service of the EMERCOM of Russia in the region reported. According to the department, on Thursday night due to a jump in gas pressure, a fire simultaneously broke out in two apartments in two houses in the village of Troitskoye. Aniva district. In an apartment at st. Nevelskaya, 2 G, a gas column caught fire, which caused a fire on an area of 18 square meters. A gas boiler exploded in an apartment at 4 Nevelskaya, «followed by a kitchen fire on an area of 9 square meters.» A resident of one of the houses was injured, she was taken to the Ankudinov hospital in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It is noted that the gas service left the scene. Specialists cut off the gas supply in all apartments of the two houses. «At the moment, specialists of the gas emergency service are working, who are establishing the possible causes of the incident and the operational group of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Sakhalin Region,» the press service of the regional department added. One person died in the explosion of a gas boiler in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Windows and doors were knocked out in the damaged apartment of house No. 4. According to an eyewitness, someone's balcony even collapsed from the blast wave. “The neighbors woke us up and said that there was an explosion of gas equipment. All the special services have already arrived at the scene. We did not sleep until six in the morning. We were cut off electricity, hot water, heating and the gas itself, of course. Soon all should be restored «, — a local resident told RIA Novosti. In addition, the regional prosecutor's office began to check the incident.» The prosecutor's office of the Aniva region organized an inspection on the fact of a jump in gas pressure in residential buildings on the street. Nevelskoy in the village. Troitskoye, Anivsky district, as a result of which there was a fire and explosion of a gas boiler in one of the apartments, ”the press service of the department said. During the inspection, experts will give a legal assessment of the implementation of the legislation on gas supply. Based on the results of the check, if there are grounds, response measures will be taken.
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