6.7 million rubles were recovered from Voronezh companies due to a gas explosion that claimed the life of a young man

In January 2024, an explosion of household gas in a residential building occurred on Sovetskaya Street in Voronezh. A 28-year-old man died two weeks later in hospital. The property owner also suffered losses. As it turned out, the incident was caused by damage to the wall of the gas pipeline: the pipe came into contact with the electric cable. On Monday, November 9, informed the press service of the Voronezh regional court.

In connection with the incident, a criminal case was opened under paragraph 2 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the provision of services that do not meet security requirements, which by negligence led to the death of a person. The maximum penalty under this article is up to 6 years in prison.

The Central District Court of Voronezh partially satisfied the claims. OJSC Gazprom Gas Distribution Voronezh and JSC Rabotnitsa, which own sources of increased danger, jointly and severally recovered compensation for moral damage in favor of the owner of the house - 2,000,000 rubles, as well as the cost of burial of the deceased - 117,000 rubles. The owner of the building will receive material damage in the amount of 4 600 748,40 rubles. In addition, the defendants were charged a state fee.

The court decision was appealed by the representative of Gazprom Gas Distribution Voronezh, expressing disagreement with him. The judicial panel for civil cases of the Voronezh Regional Court concluded that the costs of paying the state duty should be recovered from each defendant in equal shares - from JSC "Worker", OJSC "Gazprom Gas Distribution Voronezh", PJSC "Rosseti Center", LLC "Cosmos-Oil-Gas-Service", LLC "Montage EnergoSet". The decision of the court of first instance remained unchanged.

Earlier it was reported that Pavlovskvodokanal repaid 61 million debts for gas after the intervention of the Prosecutor’s office.