PETROZAVODSK, January 7. /TASS/. A state of emergency has been declared in Russia’s Petrozavodsk after a household gas explosion in one of the houses. Four people were injured and residents were evacuated, Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov said.
"We are introducing a state of emergency at the municipal level in Petrozavodsk. This will allow us to quickly eliminate the consequences of the gas explosion in an apartment building on Lunacharsky Street. Four victims with injuries of varying severity were taken to the republican hospital of emergency and urgent medical care. There were no deaths. The residents of the building were evacuated," he said.
Specialists from the Building Inspectorate are checking the house to make a decision on its possible further use.