Three killed after Russian apartment block gas explosion
The Peninsula
Moscow: Three people died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion caused a two-storey apartment building to partially collapse in a Russian village early on Saturday, head of the Lipetsk region Igor Artamonov said.
Video footage showed major structural damage to the building in Solidarnost, a village 400 km (250 miles) south of Moscow, and rescue workers on the scene, attempting to clear the rubble. Six other people were injured, five of whom were hospitalised, said Vasily Razmunov, head of the local emergencies ministry.More Related News