SAMARA, January 7 A boy died and two women were hospitalized as a result of domestic gas poisoning in a house on 50th Anniversary of the Komsomol Avenue in Ulyanovsk, the investigative department told reporters Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk region.
«It has been previously established that on the morning of January 7, 2024, the body of a 13-year-old boy was discovered in the apartment of a house on 50th Anniversary of the Komsomol Avenue in the city of Ulyanovsk, the cause of death of which was preliminary household gas poisoning. Two women were hospitalized, they are receiving the necessary medical care assistance,» the department said in a statement.
Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements). Now investigative actions are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident, and a set of necessary expert studies has been appointed.
The prosecutor's office of the Zasviyazhsky district of Ulyanovsk is conducting its own investigation into the incident. The supervisory agency is checking the activities of officials of a specialized organization for servicing in-house gas equipment, a management company, as well as regulatory authorities, the regional prosecutor's office reported in its Telegram channel.