According to the
latest data, the accident claimed the lives of 39 people.
MAGNITOGORSK, January
3. /TASS/. The rescue operation on the site of the residential building collapse
in Magnitogorsk has finished, there are no bodies left in the rubble, first
deputy head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Chupriyan told
reporters on Thursday.
"Half an hour
ago, we have recovered the last body. The search and rescue operation is
over," he said.
Chupriyan highlighted
the difficulty of the search and rescue operation, which was carried out under
threat of further collapse of the building, adding that no rescue workers
received any injuries. "The wall’s fluctuations reached 3
centimeters," he said.
A section of a
ten-story apartment block collapsed in Magnitogorsk on December 31. According
to the latest data, the accident claimed the lives of 39 people. Six people
were injured, five of them, including two children, are in hospitals. A woman
was discharged from a hospital in Magnitogorsk on January 2.
The Russian
Investigative Committee views a household gas explosion as the main cause of
the accident. On Tuesday, a Russian Investigative Committee spokesperson stated
that no traces of explosives had been discovered at the collapse site. On
Thursday, Magnitogorsk Mayor Sergei Berdnikov stated that there is no
connection between the December 31 gas explosion and the January 1 car blast in
Magnitogorsk, despite several publications’ reports to the contrary.
Source: ITAR-TASS
03-01-2019
