By order of the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, residents of the remaining entrances of the partially destroyed house number 73 on Gorokhovaya Street, as well as the neighboring house number 71, are accommodated in nearby hotels.
“Tonight at 1:58, 2 abandoned entrances to the emergency outbuilding on Gorokhovaya Street collapsed. No one was hurt, but I want to note that the last tenant, who did not want to leave the emergency building, was persuaded to move to a hotel just yesterday. There are no casualties thanks to the competent actions and perseverance of the district administration,” Alexander Beglov wrote in his Telegram channel. — Special words of gratitude to the district services, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, law enforcement agencies, and the housing committee. “Everyone is working quickly and harmoniously, the building’s structures are being dismantled.”
As RosBalt was informed by the press service of Smolny, the governor personally headed the headquarters for eliminating the consequences of the collapse, which included specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, law enforcement officers and utility services.
Currently, almost one hundred employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are dismantling and examining the structure of the building. There are about forty pieces of special equipment at the scene.
Traffic on Gorokhovaya Street has been suspended.
The prosecutor’s office of the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg began an investigation.
The house in which 2 entrances collapsed was built back in 1885. Previously, part of the building was recognized as pre-accident and was under repair; people were resettled from it.
Source: Rosbalt
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