BLAST HITS APARTMENT HOUSE IN BAKU
A huge blast happened Saturday morning in the apartment house in Nizami district in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku destroying at least two flats. Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations now working at the scene have managed to pull out four survivors from debris and a dead body of a 20—year old man. The survivors have been taken to various hospitals. No exact number of blast victims was reported.
Preliminary cause of the explosion is gas leak.
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