23:56, 29 July 2025

Dagestan authorities report assistance to apartment building residents after gas explosion

Explosion in a multi-story building in Makhachkala. March 25, 2025. Photo: https://www.riadagestan.ru/

The Makhachkala administration allocated only 810 thousand rubles to 19 families who lost essential property after a gas explosion in a multi-story building on Gaptsakhskaya Street.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on March 25, an explosion occurred in one of the apartments in a multi-story building No. 14 on Gaptsakhskaya Street in the Reduktorny microdistrict of Makhachkala. Three women and a man were injured, more than 1,000 windows in eight buildings were knocked out, and 50 cars were damaged. Residents of a neighboring building called the damage to property significant. Five families need temporary housing, the authorities calculated. In May, the victims complained that the consequences of the explosion had not been eliminated, and they were offered temporary accommodation in country houses.

The developer illegally built a house that did not meet the project, gas should not have been supplied to it, the authorities said after the explosion. An employee of the gas utility's maintenance and repair service was arrested in connection with the explosion; he is suspected of inaction and failure to perform official duties. On April 12, a Makhachkala resident, suspected of issuing forged documents for gasification of a multi-story building, was also taken into custody.

The problems of residents of the building on Gaptsakhskaya Street, where a gas explosion occurred in March, were discussed today at a meeting in the government of Dagestan. Two residents of the multi-story building, representing the position of the victims, also took part in the discussion.

The Makhachkala authorities allocated a total of 810 thousand rubles to 19 families who lost essential items, and another nine affected families are planned to receive assistance in the amount of 330 thousand rubles, but this decision is still pending approval, the government press service reported.

“Many of the owners have already repaired the damage on their own over the past four months (...) The Nadezhda charity foundation has also joined in providing assistance,” the official Telegram channel of the republican government said. At the same time, the head of government, Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov, noted that he continues to receive requests for help from victims.

Work is currently underway in the building to restore the elevator equipment. The authorities inspected the damaged building and several neighboring buildings to assess the damage and check how the gas equipment is being used. According to the experts' conclusions, the multi-story building where the emergency occurred was illegally connected to the gas supply networks in violation of safety regulations.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413420