MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd January, 2019) The death toll from the deadly collapse of a residential building in the city of Magnitogorsk, located in Russia's Ural Federal District, has grown to 36 people, a spokesperson of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik on Thursday.
"The number of victims grew to 36 as the bodies of a man and a woman have been pulled from the rubble," the spokesperson said.
The tragedy in Magnitogorsk took place on Monday when what authorities suggested was a natural gas leak tore through a bloc of the 10-storey building, leaving dozens of apartments destroyed and damaged. The search and rescue operation on the site is underway.
