17 January declared day of mourning in Georgia
The flag on the building of the administration of the government of Georgia is flying at half staff today. Photo: Gov't of Georgia.
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Flags on all government buildings across Georgia and diplomatic missions abroad are flying at half staff today as 17 January has been declared a day of mourning in recognition of those who died in a powerful explosion in a residential building last night in Tbilisi’s Didi Digomi district.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze announced the government is mourning the tragedy alongside its citizens.
Four people died last night in the blast, amongst them is a four-year-old child.
The blast took place on the sixth floor of a newly-built nine-storey residential building.
The flag on the building of the State Security Service of Georgia is also flying at half staff today. Photo: State Security Service of Georgia.
Eight others – six minors and two adults – were injured in the explosion.
Two patients who were transferred to Ghudushauri Clinic after the explosion in Didi Dighomi yesterday have already been discharged. have been discharged, having sustained only minor injuries.
Meanwhile, the medical director at Iashvili Clinic Ivane Chkhaidze said that only one patient remains at the clinic in the critical care department – he said that the patient's condition is stable.
All who have been affected by the blast have been provided with food and shelter, Tbilisi City Hall reports. So far, 27 people have been given temporary accommodations.
The flag on the building of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia is also flying at half staff today. Photo: Ministry of Defence.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation into the explosion.
The ministry says that it is looking into a violation of safety regulations during the installation, design and construction or operation of electric, thermal energy, gas or oil product facilities resulting in the death of two or more persons.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started an investigation into a gas explosion case which killed four people including a four-year-old child on 16 January in Tbilisi.
Four people have been killed and at least four injured in a powerful explosion in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi about two hours ago.
Rescuers have found the bodies of a 30-year-old woman and her nine-month-old infant after a seven-hour search operation in a residential building in the Zemo Ponichala district of Tbilisi in the wake of a powerful explosion earlier today supposedly related to a gas leak.
An explosion at a flats in Georgia’s Black seaside town of Batumi has injured six people including two children. According to preliminary information, the explosion was caused by natural gas. However, the investigation is underway to reveal the exact cause of the explosion.
The Energy Ombudsman of Georgia Salome Vardiashvili has begun studying the case of yesterday’s powerful explosion in a residential building in Tbilisi’s Didi Digomi district.
Georgia has received condolences from foreign officials and states in the wake of a deadly blast in Tbilisi yesterday which claimed four lives and left eight others injured.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has stated that it is not the responsibility of Tbilisi City Hall to check the safety of natural gas networks, responding to speculations that the 16 January deadly explosion in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi was the fault of the local authorities.
Two employees of the KazTransGas company have been detained for negligence and their responsibility for the deadly blast in Tbilisi on 16 January, killing four and leaving eight others injured. The Georgian Interior Ministry says that V.M., 61, and T.T., 27, employees KazTransGas Tbilisi, were called by residents of the building where the explosion took place on 16 January.
A Tbilisi court has given two individuals charged with negligence for their responsibility in failing to detect a gas leak in a residential home in Tbilisi to pre-trial detention.