Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine transferred UAH 1.6m to personal accounts of the residents of 127 Mandrykovskaya Str., Dnepropetrovsk on Tuesday. On 13 October, 2007 a gas explosion killed 23 people there.

Families that have casualties were the first to receive help, press-office of the Foundation reports.

The decision was made on 18 October at the meeting of Ad Hoc Coordinating Council consisting of Anatoliy Zabolotny, Director of Foundation for Development of Ukraine; Yuriy Vilkul, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Chairman; and dwellers of the damaged house. The money was allocated as follows: each apartment of the 1st and 2nd blocks received UAH 5,000; residents of the 4th block got UAH 10,000, and residents of the 3rd block – UAH 20,000.

The meeting of Coordinating Council scheduled for 25 October at 9.00 a.m. will firstly discuss the mechanism of allocating UAH 5m help to families of the killed people.

The session will also consider the following personal issues:
- Helping the family of 19-year-old Svetlana Yegorova killed by the blast.
- Helping residents that became disabled as a result of the tragedy
- Helping people that didn't own their apartments.

As it was reported earlier, the Foundation for Development of Ukraine allocated UAH 10m help victims of the gas blast in Dnepropetrovsk. The Ad Hoc Coordinating Council was established to control distribution and payments. The Foundation calls the injured people that need help to address the headquarters located in school No.76 at 2 Mandrykovskaya street (1st floor, Room No.12)

The gas exploded in a ten-floor house in Dnepropetrovsk on 13 October, 2007 killing 23 dwellers and damaging neighbouring buildings, INTERFAX-Ukraine reports.

Source: Gazeta po-ukrainski

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