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Gas Cylinder Blast in Chelyabinsk Region Home Kills Man as Investigators Open Negligence Case

Authorities are conducting forensic examinations under prosecutorial oversight after the blast collapsed part of the building without causing a fire.

Overview

  • The explosion occurred on January 19 in a two-apartment private house in Kadymtsevo, Troitsky district, after a leak from a household gas cylinder.
  • Officials described a sudden gas-air ignition without subsequent fire that caused the collapse of building structures.
  • Emergency services reported that about half of the house was destroyed over an area of roughly 63 square meters.
  • A 53-year-old local resident who was hospitalized after the incident later died, according to the regional Investigative Committee.
  • Investigators opened a case under Part 1, Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code for causing death by negligence, with the Troitsk prosecutor’s office supervising the procedural check.