25 thousand people freeze in Russia

25 thousand 140 people are left without heat in 19 cities and villages of Russia due to accidents on heat supply systems, RIA Novosti was told in the information department of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. Most of them are 23 thousand 241 people - residents of the North -Western region. In Karelia, Komi, the Leningrad and Novgorod regions, 157 residential buildings in eight settlements remain without heat.

According to the Ministry of Emergencies, heat supply systems also failed in settlements in the Far East, in the Volga-Ural and Central Regions. In Yakutia, in Kamchatka, Sakhalin and in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug in 5 settlements, 72 residential buildings (797 people) remain without heat. In the Chelyabinsk, Kirov, Samara regions and Yamalo -Nenets Autonomous Okrug - in 5 settlements of heating there are no 45 residential buildings (946 people). In the Ivanovo and Vladimir regions - in 46 residential buildings (456 people).