Authorities have cut power to a residential building in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, after unidentified individuals barricaded themselves inside and issued threats to blow up the property. The situation was reported on the Mash Gor Telegram channel.
Officials identified the location as house number 32 on Lenin Street. Teams from the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the Federal Security Service are on the scene assessing the risk and coordinating a response.
Residents were evacuated as the building lost electricity, according to the Telegram post. The report from REN TV, citing unnamed sources, described a single person barricaded inside the building and speculated that he may have been intoxicated or disturbed.
It emerged that the incident began in the evening of July 25 when unknown individuals took refuge in the Kaspiysk residence. The Telegram channel Attention, News carried the initial alert about the emergency.
Journalists noted threats to blow up the building but did not disclose additional details about conditions in the city at that time.
In a related note, a separate case in St. Petersburg involved a man who threatened to detonate his own home.