Unknown persons checked gas pipes shortly before explosion in house in Nizhny Tagil
Two unknown individuals were checking gas pipes several days before the explosion in a house in Nizhny Tagil.
Unknown persons posing as gas workers visited the residents of the building.
According to eyewitnesses, suspicious people also inspected the pipes. RBC writes about this.
Sources reported that unknown persons came not only to this house. They also went into the neighboring building.
Suspicious people who introduced themselves as gas workers turned the taps, but the residents threw them out.
They went from apartment to apartment, and 15 minutes later there was an explosion.
Residents also reported that one of the unknown individuals hit the gas pipe.
After this, the men left, after which an explosion was heard.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the number of people injured in the collapse of the building has risen to 10.
According to unconfirmed reports, one person died.
The prosecutor's office has begun to check information about the gas workers who inspected houses in Nizhny Tagil shortly before the explosion.
