Powerful blast hits Vladikavkaz, Russia

A powerful explosion rocked a supermarket in Russia's Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, leaving some people injured, according to a spokesman for emergency services, Report informs, citing RIA Novosti,

"An explosion occurred inside a supermarket on Gagkayeva street," the spokesman said.

He added that the one-story building was wrecked.

"It was presumably a gas explosion. There are casualties," the spokesman said.

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