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.