The Donetsk Regional State Administration told Comments, the heating pipeline broke on February 6 at 5 pm.

As a result of the accident 191 multi-storey residential houses, four hospitals, six schools and five kindergartens are left without heating. On February 6 at 8 pm emergency crews fixed the heating pipeline, and then began a gradual connection of houses to district heating system.

Studies in schools and kindergartens were suspended. Hospitals are working normally. Their rooms are heated with electric heaters.