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Moscow, June 26 (Xinhua) — Two people were killed in an explosion, presumably of a gas cylinder, in a residential building in the Russian city of Ivdel in the Sverdlovsk region, TASS reported on Thursday, citing the regional Emergencies Ministry.
On Thursday night, a gas explosion with subsequent fire occurred in a five-story building. Two people who lived in the apartment where the emergency occurred died. Five people were injured. Firefighters rescued 10 people, 19 evacuated on their own, including seven children. At 03:40 local time, the open fire was extinguished. The area of the fire was 80 square meters.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region reported that a criminal case had been opened on the fact of the incident. The head of the municipality declared a state of emergency. –0–