Death toll in S.Russia food store gas blast rises to four

By RIA Novosti,

Moscow : The death toll has risen to four following a natural gas supply explosion in a food store in Nazran, a city in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, investigators said on Friday.

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The blast occurred at about 9:20 Moscow time (5:20 GMT) on Friday in a food and liquor store located close to a filling station. The explosion damaged the store building.

“The explosion killed four people, and another four have been put in intensive care,” Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for national investigation committee, said.

Earlier reports said that the blast killed a man, and a girl aged 13-14. An investigative team is working at the scene.