Gas explosion hits residential building in Russia
Region
- 19 March, 2021
- 09:27
A gas explosion that occured on the eighth floor of a nine-story apartment building in the Russian city of Khimki has killed two people, including a child, and injured three others.
Report informs, citing TASS, an operative service dispatched to the scene, rescued a 12-year-old boy from the rubble. The fire that broke out after the explosion was extinguished.
A natural gas leak caused the accident.
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