The number of victims of the bus explosion in Voronezh increased to 21

According to REN TV, there are no children among the victims. Three people are in serious condition in hospitals.

"The injured were hospitalized in Voronezh hospitals with injuries of varying severity: the condition of three is assessed by doctors as serious, eight people are in a state of moderate severity", - TASS reports, citing data from the Ministry of Health.

According to Kommersant, no traces of explosives were found in the bus. The alleged cause of the explosion is a technical malfunction of the equipment or changes in the design.

The real cause of the explosion will be established by technical expertise. Experts believe that the epicenter of the explosion was on the left side of the bus in the area of the gas tank.

The explosion occurred on the evening of August 12 at a bus stop near a shopping center. One passenger died in the hospital, her legs were torn off.

As reported by the media, the carrier company operating the bus had previously been accused of installing gas equipment on other vehicles. The bus driver stated that the bus was powered by diesel.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the article on the performance of work or the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements. Criminologists from Moscow were also sent to Voronezh.

Earlier, several accidents with PAZ buses were recorded in Kostroma: over the past few years, at least six facts of spontaneous combustion of such buses were recorded in the regional center, including at the time when they were on flights and carrying passengers . One of the emergency happened right on the bridge over the Volga. After that, residents began to turn to the authorities with demands to replace the self-igniting PAZs with safer models.