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Explosion in Disused Building in Lipovtsy Injures One as Wall Collapses

Prosecutors cite improper use of autonomous heating equipment as a preliminary cause.

Overview

  • The blast occurred on the morning of November 20 in Lipovtsy, Primorsky Krai.
  • Regional emergency officials said a privately owned, non-operational store with a self-heated room suffered a destroyed load-bearing wall.
  • Rescuers pulled a man born in 1992 from the debris and he was hospitalized at Oktyabrskaya District Hospital.
  • Prosecutors clarified the site was not an official boiler plant but a building heated independently, and they have opened a review.
  • Authorities said the injured man was not a staffer and reported he had entered to warm himself.