"KazTransGas Tbilisi" Company releases statement regarding incident that left seven people dead

"KazTransGas Tbilisi" Company has released a statement regarding the death of seven people in Ketevan Tsamebuli street # 67. The statement says that the incident was caused by an open camera type water heater, which resulted in the accumulation of CO in the apartment.

“Representatives of "KazTransGas Tbilisi" business center have visited the mentioned apartment. They removed the heater and suspended providing a natural gas from a gas pipe due to violation of terms of use. Presumably, the owner of the apartment has voluntary connected the heater [to the gas pipe],” the statement reads.