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Two killed, several hurt in gas blast in Russian apartment block

a scene of a gas explosion in a nine storey residential building in the town of noginsk
A scene of a gas explosion in a nine-storey residential building in the town of Noginsk, Moscow region, Russia September 8, 2021. Russian Emergency Ministry

A gas explosion on Wednesday in a nine-storey block of flats in a city near the Russian capital killed two people and damaged apartments, a law enforcement agency said.

Big holes in the outer walls of the building in Noginsk city, 50 km (31 miles) east of Moscow, could be seen in video footage. Debris was strewn on the ground.

“According to preliminary data, five people were injured and two have died – a man and a woman,” Interfax news agency cited a regional branch of the Investigative Committee as saying.

Rescue workers found that walls had collapsed on three of the building’s floors, the local emergencies ministry said.

It said five of the building’s 73 apartments were damaged and that 173 residents had been evacuated. Russian news agencies reported earlier that two children were among the injured.

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