A court in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, has sentenced gas service employees and the owner of an apartment where a gas leak caused a fatal explosion. The blast killed 11 people, including six children, and injured 12 others. Two fitters and a gas service master received six-year prison sentences, while the apartment owner was given three years of restricted freedom.

The court also ordered the servicing organization to pay over 2.7 million rubles and the woman over 900,000 rubles in damages. The explosion, which occurred on August 1, 2024, destroyed two entrances of a five-story building. The material damage exceeded 230 million rubles.