Gas explosion in Mykolaiv region: two children killed in a residential building
A domestic gas explosion occurred in a residential building in the village of Bratske, killing two children
On Sunday evening, March 15, a domestic gas explosion occurred in a private house in the village of Bratske in Mykolaiv region, resulting in the deaths of two children.
A report of the incident was received on the 101 line, after which rescuers arrived at the scene and began dismantling the destroyed structures, the regional Department of the State Emergency Service (SES) reported.
Under the rubble they found a boy born in 2017. The child was handed over to an ambulance crew and taken to a medical facility in moderate condition.
During further search-and-rescue operations they recovered two more children — girls born in 2014 and 2022. Medical personnel performed resuscitation measures on site, but they could not be saved.
The mother of the victims, born in 1997, was blown into the yard by the blast wave. The woman was hospitalized with II–III degree burns to the head and arms.
Rescuers, police officers and local residents were involved in eliminating the consequences; the State Emergency Service (SES) deployed 15 specialists and 4 units of equipment.
Law enforcement officers are establishing the causes and circumstances of the explosion in the private house; investigators of Police Department No.1 of the Voznesensk district directorate have opened a criminal proceeding under part 2 of Article 270 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — for violation of fire safety requirements that led to the death of people. The article’s sanction provides for up to 8 years of imprisonment. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
The SES emphasizes the danger of domestic gas and advises regularly checking gas appliances and ventilation ducts, and at the first signs of a smell — turning off the valve, ventilating the premises and contacting the emergency gas service.
Earlier we wrote:
- Fatal fire in Mykolaiv: grandmother died
- Roof and ceiling became a trap: in Mykolaiv region a child was trapped under rubble in a burning house
- Fire in the village of Shevchenko in Mykolaiv region injured six teenagers
- A 20-year-old mother locked the children and left — three toddlers died in the fire
- Smoked carelessly? – three men died in a fire in Mykolaiv region
