MAKHACHKALA, January 18The death toll as a result of a gas explosion and fire in a private house in Makhachkala has risen to two: a 2-year-old boy who had burns on almost 100% of his body died in the hospital, the press service of the Dagestan Ministry of Health reported on the Telegram channel.
On Thursday morning, a gas explosion followed by a fire occurred in a one-story private house on Gazoprovodnaya Street in Makhachkala. A family of five was injured: three children and their parents, all of whom received extensive burns. A four-year-old child had previously died; the rest were in the burn center of the Republican Clinical Hospital in extremely serious condition.
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«Despite all the efforts of doctors, another child died — a 2.5-year-old boy who suffered burns almost 100% of the body surface during the explosion of a gas-air mixture in a private residential building in Makhachkala,” the report says.
In light of the incident, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for violation of fire safety requirements. The republic's Ministry of Energy reported that the house was unauthorizedly connected with hose connections to a gas pipeline, resulting in a gas leak.
The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, ordered to provide the affected family with all the necessary assistance.