On 31 December 2018, at approximately 6:02 a.m. local time, an apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapsed.

[4] The 10-story high-rise apartment block, located at 164 Prospekt Karla Marksa, built in 1973, holds 623 units, being a type 1-439A building with 12 staircases.

Based on "unnamed and unverified" sources, the Znak website wrote that the blast came from the second floor where a suspect was keeping explosives to use to attack local businesses.

Nearly 1,400 rescue workers helped to free residents from the rubble, and used high-powered heaters to warm people still trapped under the debris.

[11] Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the site of the collapse to survey the damage and observe the rescue efforts.