11:25, 1 June 2016

Grozny: apartment house is being restored after fire

A fire in the apartment house. Grozny, May 30, 2016. Photo http://kavtoday.ru/15313

Repairs have started in the apartment house in Grozny damaged by fire at night on May 31. According to the Mayoralty, 10 apartments were seriously damaged; they were poured with water when fire extinguishing. One of the tenants of the house has confirmed that people had refused to go to temporary accommodation facilities and prefer to live with relatives.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that a fire in a five-storey building in Kosior Street in the Leninsky District of Grozny broke out at night on 31 May. 500 tenants were evacuated from the house. Experts believe that the basic versions of the fire could be a lightning strike and an electric shot-circuit.

According to a source from the Mayoralty, the fire destroyed only the roof of the house; there was in fact no ignition in the apartments.

Muslim Khuchiev, Mayor of Grozny, could not say whether the victims would receive any compensation from the authorities for the lost or damaged property.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Source: CK correspondent