An explosion thundered on the Old Arbat

An explosion occurred in the center of Moscow on the Old Arbat.

According to Interfax, sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at about 20:00, a signal of the explosion on the Old Arbat was received on the remote control in the city of "02".

The police officers who arrived at the scene found that the explosion had occurred in the house number 36 on Arbat Street. This is a two -story building of the old building with wooden ceilings. Now it is located below the Georgian restaurant "Kinto".

As a result of the explosion, glazing is broken in the building. The explosive wave destroyed the inter -story floors of the two -story building.

The Tabakeria tobacco store also has this house.

The building is also located near the residence of the American ambassador in Moscow, Spaso House.

A part of the brick wall, which flooded the Lada, Audi and Zaporozhets, also fell out.

According to preliminary data, the cause of the explosion was household gas in the apartment of a lonely elderly woman - a pensioner, born in 1926 . She is alive.

However, this is not yet accurate data. According to ITAR-TASS, a representative of the Department of the State Fire Service of the capital, an explosion of domestic gas occurred on the second floor of the building where the cafe is located . There is also a jewelry store in the same building.

According to one of the FSB officers at the scene, the cause of the explosion was a leak of household gas from a 20-liter household gas cylinder during repair work.

"This cylinder is currently extracted from the ruins of the building, one of its parts is really torn," the expert said.

As a result of the explosion , thirteen people were injured . These are mainly visitors to the Kinto restaurant and passers -by. It is reported by Reuters. Currently, eleven people are hospitalized: six in serious condition, five in a moderate state.

“The condition of the two injured in the explosion is extremely serious,” the doctors said. According to them, the man and woman were delivered to the Research Institute of them. Sklifosovsky with 90% of skin burns and doctors fight for their lives.

The second floor of the building was residential, and the search and rescue work was not completed. There are blockages in the building.

Police officers compiled lists of residents of the house and restaurant employees.

After the explosion in the area of ​​the epicenter of the explosion, a fire arose, with which employees of the UGPS of the capital fought.

The two -story building of the Georgian restaurant located in the house number 36 received severe damage. At the scene of the incident, 6 fire bills work.

The Tver Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office of Moscow opened a criminal case on the fact of the explosion that occurred on the Old Arbat on Monday evening.

According to sources in the metropolitan prosecutor's office, the criminal case was opened under Article 168 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the destruction or damage of property by negligence, which caused serious consequences.

At the scene, the investigation group of the Moscow prosecutor's office began to work.

The cause of the explosion in the center of Moscow on the Old Arbat was a leak of household gas, the head of the information and public relations of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital Valery Grebakin told Interfax, and gas cylinders, which caused the explosion, have already been discovered.

In the Office of the Federal Security Service in Moscow and the Moscow Region, they are also inclined to the fact that gas explosion occurred on Arbat. This was reported to "Interfax" by an informed source in management.

According to him, "visitors to the restaurant before the explosion felt the smell of gas." The source emphasized that "the FSB explosives did not go to the scene."

Earlier, eyewitnesses reported that the explosion occurred on the old Arbat near the Sushi-bar near the Vakhtangov Theater.