Russian media is reporting a blast at an apartment complex in Magnitogorsk, an industrial city in the Urals some 1,700 kilometers east of Moscow. Reports are 4 dead and dozens trapped under the rubble in freezing temperatures.
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As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion on Monday, killing at least four people, news agencies reported. The blast, thought to have been caused by a gas leak, damaged 48 apartments in a nine-story building, reported The Moscow Times.
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President Vladimir Putin flew into Magnitogorsk late on Monday afternoon, visiting the injured in hospital and meeting with local authorities, state television showed. Putin looked on as rescue workers toiled in temperatures of -22 Celsius to locate people trapped in the debris, added The Moscow Times.
