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Seven killed in gas explosion in Russia
May 3, 2009, 9:06 GMT
Moscow - Seven people were killed when a gas container exploded at an apartment building in the Russian province of Siberia on Sunday.
Children were among those killed, Russian authorities said, according to a report by the Interfax news agency. Seven of the building's occupants were admitted to hospital for burns.
The explosion sparked a fire in the wooden two-storey building in the city of Irkutsk, some 5,000 kilometres east of Moscow. The cause was yet to be determined.
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