Foreigners die in Tbilisi allegedly due to gas leak
The two people lived in a rented flat which was registered as a commercial space, but which was ‘arbitrarily converted to residential,’ Tbilisi Energy says. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Two Iranian citizens have died on Shartava street in Tbilisi’s Saburtalo district allegedly due to a gas leak resulting in carbon monoxide poisoning, Tbilisi Energy gas supply company reports.
The company also says that an open-combustion water heater was installed in the apartment, the installation of which indoors is prohibited in Georgia.
The two people lived in a rented flat which was registered as a commercial space, but which was ‘arbitrarily converted to residential,’ Tbilisi Energy says.
The Georgian Interior Ministry is investigating the case.
Seven people have died as a result of a carbon monoxide leak in a Tbilisi apartment located at 67 Ketevan Tsamebuli Avenue.
One individual has received injuries due to an explosion on Tevdore Mgvdeli Street in Didube district of Tbilisi earlier today.
Regulations on the provision of gas to Georgian consumers will be more stringent, announces Deputy Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
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.