Overview
- Firefighters responded to a blaze on a seventh-floor balcony at 1A Lukina Street and extinguished open flames covering about five square meters.
- The body of a man was found at the scene, according to the regional emergency service.
- The Kazan mayor’s office said a balcony explosion was the preliminary cause of the fire, and the kitchen area showed no damage or gas leakage.
- The Aviastroitelny District prosecutor’s office opened an inquiry and dispatched acting district prosecutor Ruslan Gusamov to oversee on-site work.
- State fire supervision investigators will determine the definitive cause, and prosecutors will decide on any legal measures after safety checks of in-building gas equipment.