In St. Petersburg, a car with two children fell into a hole formed as a result of a burst hot water pipe. Four people were hospitalized informed TASS with reference to the press service of the municipal administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The incident happened on Drovyanaya Street in the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg. Following a burst pipe, boiling water spilled over an area of ​​500 square meters. M. A car with a driver and two children fell into the hole.
In a video released by the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office, it can be seen that the car fell almost completely into the hole.
According to the Emergency Situations Ministry, the driver of the car, a child and two rescuers were taken to hospital with burns to their legs. The second child was sent home after being examined by doctors. One of the rescuers is in intensive care with burns to 30% of his body, writing telegram channel 112.
By data “Fontanka”, among the victims, was also a tenant of the house next to the place of the rupture of the pipe. Petersburg Heating Network, which operates the pipeline, confirmed to the publication that five people were in the breakthrough area.
Teploset is ready to provide rehabilitation assistance to the victims, the company’s press service told TASS. The damaged section of the network will be replaced.
The prosecutor’s office Petersburg and investigative committee Look for a broken pipe.
