The death toll in a gas explosion that hit a residential house in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, located in the Chelyabinsk Region, has increased up to 22, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd January, 2019) The death toll in a gas explosion that hit a residential house in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, located in the Chelyabinsk Region, has increased up to 22, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik on Wednesday."We have discovered the body of the 22nd victim," the press service said.
On Monday, a natural gas blast hit one of the blocks of a 10-storey residential building in Magnitogorsk, destroying and damaging scores of apartments. The fate of dozens of people remains unknown. Rescue works continue, while they are hindered by the risk of debris collapsing.
