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Exploded gadgets almost killed people in two regions of Russia

In Volgograd, a children’s toy on batteries, according to the owner of the apartment, exploded at night and provoked a fire

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Exploded gadgets almost killed people in two regions of Russia

In Volgograd, a battery-powered children's toy, according to the owner of the apartment, exploded at night and provoked a fire. About the incident on November 10 told in social networks the owner of housing Victoria.

The family was asleep when a fire broke out in the hall. The woman woke up about two in the morning and found a flame in the middle of the room. The source of the fire was a toy. No one at home was hurt.

After the experience Victoria urged parents to check old things and timely get rid of unnecessary items.

Another fire occurred in the city of Oha, Sakhalin region. In the apartment of a five-storey house on the street 60 years of the USSR caught fire sofa. An eight-year-old boy suffered severe burns and was hospitalized. Other residents left the building on their own.

In social networks, the cause of the incident is called a possible explosion of the tablet. Officially, this version has not yet been confirmed. The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire was extinguished, experts establish the cause of the fire.

Similar incidents have been reported in other regions of the country. So in August 2026 in St. Petersburg left for overnight charging power Bank caught fire in the apartment of 46-year-old woman. The hostess was woken by the dogs barking. The fire managed to spread to things, but the woman herself extinguished it before the arrival of firefighters. Details.

In November 2025, a phone connected to a charger caused a fire in an apartment on the fifth floor of a house in Gatchina, Leningrad region. As established by the interrogators of the Emergencies Ministry, the fire occurred due to a short circuit.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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