"Sharply increased consumption." What happened in the suburbs, where people were left without heat for a week

Thousands of residents of Podolsk near Moscow were left without heat during the New Year holidays due to utilities. The heating disappeared in 170 houses, some of them were still connected to heat by January 8. Local residents complained that the authorities ignored their complaints for several days, and they themselves had to sleep in their clothes. Against the background of strong frosts with communal problems, residents of other regions of Russia collided, in Chuvashia, for example, people have to drown snow to wash children. Mediazona briefly says that it is known about the communal collapse in the Moscow Region and other cities of Russia.

Thousands of residents of the Moscow Region were left without heat during the New Year holidays, in Podolsk they introduced an emergency mode

The first messages about the problems with heating in the suburbs appeared on January 2. 26 apartment buildings in Balashikha were left without heat and hot water. The city authorities announced that the heat supply was resumed after three days, on January 5. At the same time, some subscribers of a large local public reported that the problems with heating in the city were observed until January 6. “I’m already sleeping in pants and turtleneck under two blankets. In the hut, there is almost almost a freezer, ”one of them wrote.

In Podolsk, the authorities introduced a local emergency regime after on January 4 to break through the heating main. The night of January 4 became the coldest in Moscow - up to minus 27. Another reason why the inhabitants of Podolsk were left without heating on the holidays - an accident at the Klimovsky cartridge plant, which provided the warmth of the residents of the Klimovsk microdistrict. The cause of the accident was called the "sharply increased consumption."

173 apartment buildings and one of the local hospitals were de -energized. Telegram channels Shot and BAZA reported that the restrictions in the supply of heat were affected by more than 20 thousand people.

On January 5, several residents of Podolsk reached the main city square demanding to return heat to the house. According to them, they tried to warm up with gas. Locals said that they had to sleep in hats.

In Khimki, dozens of private houses were cut off from networks from January 3 due to a burned transformer: it was reported about the disconnection of light and heat, as well as about frozen water supply and sewage. In addition, at least ten cottage villages and villages in the Moscow region collided with heating problems.

By January 8, according to the Ministry of Emergencies , the heat supply was restored in the 81 apartment building Podolsk. Residents of Podolsk, who have no heating from January 4, were allowed not to pay for it.

Due to the shutdown of heat in Podolsk, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case

According to investigators , a heating main breakthrough occurred in Podolsk due to improper operation of the boiler room by the company serving it. The case was opened under the article on the provision of services that do not meet security requirements. The department added that searches are being carried out in the premises of the owner of the boiler room, and also interrogate the management of the company that serves it.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov asked the security forces to intervene in the situation in Podolsk. The official laid the responsibility for the incident to the owners of the boiler room, who, according to him , fled after the emergency.

As the Agency noticed , Vorobyov himself did not appear in public for almost a week. The governor gave the first comment on the situation with heating only on January 7. A few hours after the posts of the head of the region, comments were turned off in his telegram channel. Before that, subscribers left hundreds of complaints.

Due to severe frosts in early January, the accident at communal facilities occurred in many regions of Russia

In early January, against the backdrop of severe frosts, municipal accidents occurred in many regions of Russia. As the Mediazona previously reported , disconnects of heating and hot water took place in Voronezh, Ryazan, Tyumen, Yaroslavl and Leningrad regions.

Thousands of residents of Volgograd spent Christmas without heat due to damage to the pipeline. By the evening of January 7, local authorities reported on the “final” stage of work, but after a few hours heating did not appear.

Residents of the village of Tolikovo in Chuvashia are forced to drown snow to wash children, there is no water there for a third week. Back in mid -December, a water tower was turned off in the village for repair. According to local residents, as a result, the pipes froze or broke through. Many children said that people are drowning snow to wash off the toilet or wash the child.

Editor: Dmitry Treshchin