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BREAKING: Several people dead after explosion destroys apartment building near Russia’s capital

By Tara Rippin • Published: 04 Apr 2020 • 13:35

THERE are reports several deaths after a suspected gas leak caused a huge explosion at an apartment building in a Russian town to the east of Moscow.

The blast at the five-storey building occurred this afternoon in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, a town with a population of 118,000.

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Social media images show a whole section of the building reduced to rubble. The whole apartment block, 80km from the capital, has been evacuated.

The Emergencies Ministry dispatched several fire engines and emergency services, and according to sources, believe the explosion was caused by a gas leak on the 3rd floor.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
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