Boiling water flooded apartments after a pipe burst — residents had to jump out of windows

In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we turn from crime scenes to catastrophe — though the system is still to blame. A burst pipe in freezing Magadan turned an ordinary apartment building into a boiling trap. Sleeping residents were scalded awake as superheated water filled the halls. Some jumped from windows to survive. One man burned his legs trying to escape. But this wasn’t just bad luck — it was the result of decades-old infrastructure, neglected by local officials who still haven’t shown their faces.