The head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Evgeny Zinichev, announced the suspension of the removal of rubble and the search operation at the scene of the emergency in Magnitogorsk. According to him, there remains a threat of collapse of part of a residential building on Karl Marx Street, which was damaged as a result of a domestic gas explosion on the morning of December 31.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered the dismissal of the director of Gorky Park after the collapse of the bridge at the skating rink. The mayor announced this on his page on the social network VKontakte. On the night from December 31 to January 1, the wooden pedestrian crossing over the skating rink could not withstand the number of people standing on it and collapsed.

At the intersection of Karl Marx and Pravda streets in Magnitogorsk, a minibus caught fire, killing three people on board. This was reported in the official telegram channel of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region Boris Dubrovsky. According to authorities, there were two gas cylinders in the Gazelle. An operational investigation team and FSB officers are working at the scene.