COMMERCE: The boiler did not explode in the apartment in Čukarica – IT BROKE THREE TIMES, HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED

Although it was initially believed that the boiler exploded in Mališa Pavlović’s apartment in Ljig and caused a fire, it was later established that it remained the only complete device, so the cause of the fire will be determined by investigation.

On Thursday, “Novosti” reporters found a completely destroyed apartment on the third floor, owned by Mališa Pavlović from Ljig, at the scene of the accident in the Bela Voda settlement in Čukarica, but also minor damage to the apartments on the fourth and fifth floor.

According to unofficial information, two tenants, who have lived in this apartment for eight years, were asleep at the time of the explosion, but were awakened by a terrible blow, which was also heard by the tenants of the neighboring buildings. One of them ran to the neighbor’s apartment in a panic for help, and then two minor explosions were heard.

Fortunately, fire crews arrived quickly and located the fire. The owner of the seriously damaged apartment lives in Ljig and arrived in Belgrade as soon as he heard the bad news. He himself was astonished to see that the boiler remained intact, so it remains to be determined whether other devices or facilities caused the fire.

– The damage is enormous – Pavlović tells us. – I equipped the apartment for rent, and without the wall that separates the room from the bathroom, it would be difficult to avoid an even greater tragedy. I don’t have insurance, so I was left with nothing.

In addition to Pavlović’s apartment, several neighbors were damaged. Neighbors on the third floor damaged the door and part of the ceiling, neighbors on the fourth and fifth floors were also damaged, while the windows in the corridors were also cracked by the force of the impact.