On Saturday, November 19,

one of the entrances from the fifth to the first floor collapsed due to a gas explosion in the village of Timovskoe,

Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation.

As of the morning of November 19,

nine victims are known, four of them are children

.

Three people are considered missing. 

This was reported by Mash Telegram channel.

A fire also broke out at the site of the explosion.

Rescuers continue to eliminate the consequences of the explosion, it is known that one of the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was injured during the removal of rubble, he was hospitalized.

According to preliminary data, household gas cylinders exploded in a high-rise building due to improper storage.

Due to the explosion, the apartments in the neighboring entrances were also damaged - the door was blown off, the front wall came off.

According to the propaganda media of the Russian Federation, the house was not gasified, so a 20-liter gas cylinder could explode in the house.

We will remind,

in Kyiv, a battery exploded in an apartment

and caused a large-scale fire.

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