In the Russian Federation, the shopping center exploded and caught fire in Vladikavkaza: there are deaths and victims

The explosion occurred on the upper floor of the Alania Mall shopping center. Report the dead and victims. In Russia, there was an explosion in the shopping center in Vladikavkaz in the south of the country. After the explosion, the fire gripped the entire top floor of the store. About it reports The Moscow Times. According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred at 8:30 on the upper floor of the shopping mall. At this point, Alania Mall was closed to visitors - the shopping center starts at 10am.

A 57-year-old woman was killed, and nine other people were injured. The Ministry of Emergencies reports that the fire covered the third floor and the roof of the shopping center. The fire area is 800 square meters. Firefighters cannot get on the roof of the building because the premises are closed to the lock. The preliminary cause of the explosion at the Alania Mall shopping center in Vladikavkazi - gas leakage at the Sky restaurant on the third floor.

Local people say that before the NP, they smelled the gas in the air. But Batraz Kodzaev, the chief engineer of the gas service in Vladikavkaz, stated that the building of the shopping center was not gasified. But he did not rule out that gas could explode in the cylinder. Breakage from the explosion also damaged two cars in the parking lot. Local publications also informed that an unknown drone allegedly attacked a local TV to the study, but Vladikavkaz's authorities denied this information.