E-Paper
At least 3 dead in Russia gas blast
A residential gas line exploded in an apartment building in the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, touching off a fire that killed three people and injured six, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
Updated on: May 3, 2009, 10:52:19 IST
Share via
Copy link
A residential gas line exploded in an apartment building in the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, touching off a fire that killed three people and injured six, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
"The fire killed three people. Six people including a child suffered burns," an official from the local office of the emergency situations ministry was quoted as saying.
The explosion and fire caused part of the two-storey building to collapse.
Get the latest headlines from US news and global updates from Pakistan, Nepal, UK, Bangladesh, Russia and US Iran war Live, get all the latest headlines in one place on Hindustan Times.
