In the village of Tymovskoye on Sakhalin, an explosion occurred in one of the apartments of a five-story residential building. As a result, his entrance collapsed. According to the governor of the Sakhalin region Valery Limarenko, seven people died , three of whom were children. In total, 33 people lived in the entrance, three of them continue to search under the rubble.
At first, Limarenko wrote that the explosion of household gas was the cause of the incident, but a little later he added that the house had not been gasified. A temporary accommodation facility has been organized for the victims in a local cultural center.
Updated (09:59 Moscow time): according to preliminary information, the death toll has increased to eight people.