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CHISINAU DEPUTY MAYOR EXPLAINS REASONS OF SEVERE DAMAGE FROM GAS CYLINDER EXPLOSION

09 octomber, 2018

Chisinau Deputy Governor Nistor Grozavu explained the reasons of severe devastations from the gas cylinder explosion in a multi-storey building in the Sectorul Riscani of the city. He said to journalists that the destructive consequences of the explosion of cooking gas were due to the specificity of the building construction and the tragic coincidence.

According to him, when firefighters and rescuers climbed to the 16th floor, they found a gas cylinder, the leakage of gas from which was the reason of the explosion. The very cylinder remained intact, the gas continued to go out of it. The investigators have to establish the reason of gas leakage.

"On the day of explosion, the apartment was locked the whole day. Thus, the gas was slowly filling the rooms. The liquefied gas from cylinder has different smell and weight than the gas from centralized gas supply systems. The cylinder gas is heavier and faster accumulates near the floor. By the moment when the apartment owner came home, the concentration of the gas reached dangerous figures - 1.5-9.5%". When the woman entered the room and switched on the light, the gas detonated", Grozavu explained the preliminary reasons of the explosion.

He said that the house, built in Soviet times was not provided to resist the gas explosion, as due to its high number of floors electric ovens were installed in it. As a result, the air-blast smashed not only the outer walls, but also led to collapse of the floor and the ceiling.

"The house was built with the prospect of earthquakes, but not the detonation of a gas-air mixture inside the building. Here is why we have such serious destruction", Grozavu said.

At the same time, there are rumors that this was an explosion of a different character, because an explosion of a gas cylinder is unable to cause such devastating destructions. The Euronews TV channel also regarded as suspicious the explosion in the apartment building, citing the words of an expert about a possible explosive device. According to some experts, the character of destructions says that the reason of the tragedy may have been not a gas cylinder, but an explosive device on the basis of plastid.

In a specially created group on Facebook Chisinau citizens demand conducting of an independent expertise, for establishing clear reasons of the explosion in the Sectorul Riscani.

Press secretary of the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations Liliana Puscasu called on the people to wait for the results of the investigation.

"A criminal case has been started on this tragedy. According to preliminary data, an explosion of gas cylinder took place. However, to establish all the details of what happened, we have to wait for the final conclusions of the investigation", she said.

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