Baby found alive after Russian husraset

at Least eight dead so far have been found in gasolyckan in Magnitogorsk. But according to Novaya Gazeta, a thirty people remain under the rubble - as the authorities right now not dare to remove, according to the Ministry for exceptional circumstances.

" If we continue to move away the rubble, there is a real risk that the whole building tumbling down together. The wall does not hold, it is not possible to continue to work, " says Yevgeny Zinitjev, minister for state of emergency in Russia, on the ministry's website.

According to the ministry it will take at least two days to stabilize the walls so that the work with to get away the rubble can continue. The chance that there are any survivors would, according to the authorities to be virtually non-existent. A few hours after the ministry has gone out with this was found despite the fact that an eleven months old boy living in the rubble.

A worker in the local emergency services dug up the baby from the masses and put a blanket around the boy before he ran to the ambulance.

the -18 degrees in Magnitogorsk when the gas leak led to an explosion in the tiovåningshuset the night to Monday. Since then the temperature has remained at the same levels. According to official data is still missing 37 people.

demolished the house in Magnitogorsk. Photo: STR/AFP

the Infant was found with serious frost damage and damage to the head, but alive. The reason that the baby survived despite the fact that he had been in the cold almost a day, is that he was lying in his bed wrapped up in several layers of blankets, according to reports in the media.

the Child was found when the räddningsarbetaren heard the little boy's wailing and was rescued with great and fast action but with some difficulty as he was covered by debris and parts from the broken sprinklers. The boy's mother is alive and arrived to the hospital on Tuesday.

some of the surviving inhabitants of Magnitogorsk have received celebrate the new year with people via social media provides temporary shelter for the homeless. Other while studying in the schools. After Putin visited Magnitogorsk on Monday, the governor has Boris Dubrovskij said that the promised compensation of 50,000 rubles (about 6.600 euros) per person may rise. Putin urged local authorities not to skimp on compensation.

at the same time, the inhabitants of Magnitogorsk to the house on Karl Marx street is not the only one who has had problems with gas leaks. Novaya Gazeta writes about reports on social media that there are more houses where it smells like gas.

– On the Oktjabrskajagatan no 12 feel residents often the smell of gas between the first and second floor. They have called in the authorities at least three times. Each time, wrap the the pipe with bergull, that's all. After a while it starts to smell gas again, writes Aleksandr Tjebotarev according to Novaya Gazeta.

leaky gas is common in Russian residential buildings. The main reason is poor maintenance and ramshackle infrastructure. Tiovåningshuset that exploded in Magnitogorsk built in 1973, during a period in which the soviet authorities worked hard to fix the housing crisis. It led to the mass production of apartment buildings, often built as cheaply as possible.

There are government plans to demolish all the dilapidated houses and provide residents with new housing. But at the local level, these projects have rarely been implemented. Many Russian citizens are in queue to get to move from their homes, as the authorities themselves have declared the death to stay in.

On January 2, the authorities of Magnitogorsk declared as day of mourning for the victims of the gasexplosionen. In the meantime, examines both the police and the secret service, the FSB, the causes of the explosion. Both authorities assume that there is a gas explosion. According to the police, is the likely reason that the service company has neglected its responsibility.

About 1,100 people lived in the house. 35 dwellings in the staircase where the explosion took place, 25 of them were completely destroyed and 10 damaged.

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