Another injured in a fire in the restaurant Il Pittore died

A man died who received almost 100 percent of the body burns as a result of an explosion in the Italian restaurant Il Pittore in the south-west of Moscow. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the capital's department of health, Leonid Pechatnikov. "In hospital No. 36, a patient died who received a 100 percent body burn," the agency’s interlocutor said. He added that the rest of the patients are recovering. “The rest have a positive dynamics,” the printer added.

The explosion occurred in the Italian restaurant Il Pittore on Monday. As a result, two restaurant employees were killed, 41 people were injured, 28 people were delivered to hospitals. Among the victims are residents of the CIS republics, a citizen of Belgium and Russians from the Tula, Voronezh, Moscow regions.

As a source in law enforcement agencies said, fire safety violations were revealed in the restaurant. The restaurant building had a centralized heating and power supply system. At the same time, a main gas pipeline was not brought to the building. For savings, gas cylinders were used, which exploded.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered an investigation into an emergency, said the press secretary of the mayor Gulnar Penkov. "Sobyanin ordered the relevant services to conduct an investigation into this incident and provide the necessary medical care to the victims," ​​said Penkova.

On the fact of the explosion, the case was opened under two articles of the Criminal Code, said Victoria Tsyplenkova, the official representative of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee in Moscow. "The case was instituted on the grounds of crimes under Article 109 (causing death by negligence) and Article 238 (providing services that do not meet security requirements)," she said.

There were two explosions. A gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen, then another cotton was heard - a second gas cylinder exploded from high temperature. The second powerful cotton rang out at a time when rescuers and firefighters had already taken out injured people from the burning Il Pittore. On the wounded employees of the restaurant who ran out into the street, there were practically no clothes - she burned in the flame, which covered the hall after the first explosion.

According to RIA Novosti, there was already a fire in the same restaurant about six months ago. “In the summer, someone set fire to the summer veranda,” said the former employee of the establishment of Lilia Fanyan. “He threw something burning on the roof. The tent caught fire, but the staff quickly reacted. They put it out. As far as I know, there were no problems with the safety means, the fire extinguishers have always been, they followed this well.” According to her, gas cylinders were usually located next to barbecue barbecue. It is possible that due to the faulty cylinder, the mixture "disappeared", which led to the explosion.