Rostov-On-Don (Russia), July 19: A natural-gas
explosion ripped through a home in Russia's north Ossetia
region today, killing two people and injuring a child,
officials said.
The early morning blast destroyed the home in the
north Ossetia region village of Mikhailovskoye, about 1,500
kms southeast of Moscow, said Igor Mikhailov, a spokesman for
the emergency situations ministry in southern Russia Interfax
reported.
Emergency workers pulled the bodies of an 8-year-old
child and woman of about 70 from the rubble, Mikhailov said.
A boy, seven or eight years old, was hospitalised with
multiple injuries.
Nobody else was in the home at the time of the blast,
he said.
Most Russians use natural gas for cooking, and
explosions are common.
Bureau Report
