Death toll from building collapse in Balashikha increases

The death toll rose to seven due to an explosion in a house in Balashikha, injuring 20 people. RIA Novosti reported this. According to the department, eight people were hospitalized.

“The number of deaths in the collapse of a house in Balashikha after a gas explosion has risen to seven, 20 people were injured,” the report says. It is noted that eight people are in hospital.

Earlier it was reported that a gas explosion occurred in a nine-story building in Balashikha. According to the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, three floors collapsed. Victims of a gas explosion in Balashikha will be paid 500 thousand rubles.