Boiling Water and Children: The Week's Failures from "NeMoskva"

This week, two cities topped the list of sinkholes, where children found themselves in pits filled with boiling water.

In the city of Ivanovo South hot water from a leaky heating main washed away the asphalt, which failed Five schoolchildren were killed at the feet of the attackers. Four of them were hospitalized with burns ranging from 12 to 25 percent of their bodies. The youngest was 9 years old, the oldest was 15.

В Chelyabinsk into a pit of boiling water failed An eight-year-old boy. He is also in the hospital with burns to 45 percent of his body.

Two pits of boiling water at once появились this week in VolgogradOne of them is opposite the Central Market. According to eyewitnesses, the asphalt literally caved in under the feet of passersby, who managed to jump out of the way.

Long-lived failure resurrected and on one of the sidewalks in Stavropol: Locals say that utility workers have tried to fill the hole at least four times, but it keeps reappearing.

В Penza continues underground fall through The long-suffering Stroiteley Avenue, which runs through the largest residential area, has been crumbling for several years due to accidents on an old sewer drain. This time, residents noticed a new hole in the asphalt, uncorked: cars continue to drive along the dangerous section.

In Dagestan Kaspiysk road surface collapsed under the garbage truck: it fell on its side and sank almost halfway into the ground.

В Rostov-on-Don a prisoner of a pothole was Bread truck. The accident happened on a street with the symbolic name of Stabilnaya.