After the explosion in Sevastopol, 10 victims were hospitalized, among them one child in serious condition, thus the number of victims increased to 10, Izvestiya reports.
This was announced on March 24 by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
On March 24, the Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported an explosion in a residential apartment building. Later it became known about the two dead. Razvozhaev later added that eight people were injured in the incident.
According to Razvozhayev, the apartment building on Korchagina Street partially collapsed, and apartments in an adjacent residential building caught fire following the blast. The relief effort involves 198 people and 55 units of equipment, he said.
Two houses have been evacuated, and a temporary accommodation center has been set up in an adjacent school building, the official added.