At around four o’clock in the morning at number 9 Titova Street in Volgograd, a gas explosion occurred at one of the entrances of a five-story building, and no one was injured. About this TV channel “360” said resident of the neighboring entrance Kirill Mirolyubov.
According to him, the shock wave knocked over windows, a wall, a balcony railing and a metal door. The fire, which started in three flats after the explosion, was extinguished at around 05:20.
“The explosion was very violent. He’s just asleep, it’s 04:09. There was a strong explosion, a flash. I woke up without knowing what was happening. The windows were thrown open from the explosion, everything fell from the window sill,” he said.
The man ran outside and called the emergency room. According to him, three apartments on the second and third floors were damaged as a result of the incident, one of which partially collapsed the concrete interior ceiling. He added that citizens are not allowed to approach their homes and enter their apartments, so they warm up in police patrol cars and mobile points of the Ministry of Emergencies until the gas services inspect all the entrances.
“People ran as they were, in bathrobes, barefoot, and it was still cool outside. Now I had to go to my relatives, since the house was completely disconnected from the gas and electricity supply, ”added Mirolyubov.
On April 20, a powerful explosion occurred in Belgorod. Wrote Basis. According to him, “the blow fell on Vatutin Street.” Vyacheslav Gladkov, then governor of the Belgorod region approved Information about the explosion in the city. He added that no casualties were reported in the incident.