The blast which ripped through a house in the north east ofRussia’s second capital has left apartments accommodating almostone hundred people unfit for living, the country’s EmergenciesMinistry said on Saturday as the rescue operation wrapped up.
Six of the injured in Friday night’s explosion were taken tohospital, three of them in a critical condition. A seventh personwas treated at the scene.
Ninety-one people had to be evacuated. Sixteen are temporarilyaccommodated in a hotel, while 75 others are currently staying withrelatives.
Authorities promise to help all injured in the accident.
"The size and type of assistance will be known after theinvestigation, which is currently underway at the scene,"ITAR-TASS was told by the city’s administration.
The issue of supplying the people of the affected apartments“with housing by means of a replacement fund is currently pending,”added a spokesperson for the city.
The explosion took place in an apartment on the fourth floor ofa nine-story block. Inner walls were damaged and windows of twoapartments were shattered, while balconies on the second and thirdfloors were partially collapsed.
A fire that followed the explosion was extinguished within 15minutes
