Russian Emergency Situations Ministry officers walk at the site where a gas explosion partially destroyed the residential building , in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia. According to preliminary information, about 6 a.m. local time on December 31, a natural gas blast hit one of the blocks of a 10-storey building damaging 48 apartments. The search and rescue operation continues. January 2 was declared a day of mourning in the Chelyabinsk Region.
- Package: Russia Magnitogorsk Gas Explosion
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Magnitogorsk, Russia
- Event date: 01.01.2019
- Date published: 01.01.2019
- Author: Ilya Moskovets
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3456x2304px, 5.6Mb
- Job-ID: 198ceabeb14e8e44