When the boiler was started, the gas-air mixture "ignited." This resulted in broken windows in the boiler room, a large hole in the chimney, and the "release of easily removable structures," as it were. formulated City administration. The emergency occurred at the Kovrov branch of Vladimirteplogaz.

According to preliminary reports, there are no casualties. One of three boilers was damaged, leaving the neighborhood without hot water.

Local residents report that "car windows were blown out." On social media, they say they heard an explosion and thought it was a drone, and are worried about the pipe falling on neighboring houses.

"I even moved my desk chair away from it. I thought, 'What if... The house collapses like a house of cards, will I even have time to get out the window?'" "The thinnest part is where it breaks. I'm afraid there are fewer and fewer specialists. That's why the infrastructure will get worse." write Kovrov residents.