INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three utility company employees were arrested for safety violations related to a deadly gas explosion at an apartment block in the
Sverdlovsk region, law enforcement authorities said Tuesday.At least 10 people including children were killed after a gas explosion ripped
through a five-story panel building in the industrial city of Nizhny Tagil on Thursday
The three utility company employees face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of safety violations charges.Gazeks, a company that
said in a statement.Gas explosions in residential buildings are not uncommon in Russia
Many apartment blocks built during the Soviet era are poorly maintained and repair work is sometimes delayed for years or never done at
all.State media has reported that the partially collapsed apartment block in Nizhny Tagil was built in 1974 and was scheduled to undergo
major remodeling in 2032.
