In Yakutsk, more than a thousand families were left without heat due to an accident that occurred at an electrical substation on January 1, on the night of January 3 and during the day in the city it is expected to reach minus 47-49 degrees. The journalists of the edition “Siberia. Realities".
According to the newspaper, many residents in the houses burst batteries, frozen sewer pipes and a septic tank. The authorities said that there was an accident at the substation and the fault of the residents in the state of emergency is not. At the same time, they refused to change batteries and reimburse the cost of damaged equipment and property, Siberia. Realities".
A local resident, a mother of many children named Sardana, said that she moved with her family to a new house in December. At 7:30 on January 1, the light went out in the house, it immediately became cold. The woman notes that she has nowhere to go with her children. Most residents who have somewhere to go note that a house without heating will freeze through and major repairs will be required. Even the generator does not save those who remained from frost.
A resident of the Satal district told reporters that the neighborhood literally froze over in a matter of hours, as it was minus 45 degrees outside.
“After all, not only heating was gone, but sewer pipes, radiators and septic tanks, boilers burst! This is almost a thousand private houses, a thousand families. A very difficult situation. Women with monthly children cry. I personally have two small children, 3 and 6 years old. We connected the generator, but the house is still cold. Pipes burst at dozens of houses. And the chairman could not be contacted for a day. Now I can’t calmly read the mayor’s office report about the “quick response” – we called for hours, asking for help, it was useless.”
Now the townspeople are looking for building hair dryers, generators, heat guns, but due to the holidays, most of the shops are closed. The mayor's office claims that it distributes generators to the victims, but there are not enough of them for everyone.
At the same time, the press service of the mayor’s office reports that “all city services, the administration of the Markha microdistrict” are involved in eliminating the consequences of the accident. The authorities noted that as a result of the accident, the electric power cable from the Satal substation was damaged, the employees of the Yakutskenergo company on the subscriber line of SONT Satal are replacing the damaged termination. The mayor's office claimed that they would fix the breakdown by 16-00 on January 2, but by 22:00 local time the problem had not been solved.