Gas explosion and collapse of an apartment block section in Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast · 31 Dec 2018

On 31 December 2018 a section of a ten-storey apartment block in Magnitogorsk collapsed after a household gas explosion. Alexander Chupriyan, first deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies, quoted by RIA Novosti, said 39 bodies had been recovered.

Official figures

• Dead, by the official count: 39 (as of 3 Jan 2019) archive copy

The sources' words

• On the death toll, as of 3 Jan 2019: «Мы извлекли сегодня последнее, 39-е тело, гарантируем, что больше в здании людей нет.» РИА Новости: «Спасатели нашли тела всех погибших под обломками подъезда в Магнитогорске», 3 января 2019 · archive copy

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