
Consequences of the explosion of a building in Dnipro, 14 October 2007
2007, 5 min
The video shows the aftermath of a domestic gas explosion in a nine-storey building. It is nighttime, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is at the scene of the tragedy, rescuers are clearing the rubble, Yanukovych is in the hospital, talking to the victims and doctors, victims with burns and injuries are in hospital beds, children are in the intensive care unit.
Reference: On October 13, 2007, a domestic gas explosion occurred in a ten-story residential building on Mandrykovska Street in Dnipropetrovsk, completely destroying the entrance and damaging neighboring buildings. Twenty-three people were killed, about 20 were injured, and dozens of families were left homeless. The investigation linked the tragedy to violations in the work of Dniprogaz, and several of its managers were convicted of negligence in 2013.