Apartment blast kills four
Published: 22 May, 2008, 06:57
Four people have been killed in an apartment building explosion in the Russian Urals city of Ekaterinburg. According to reports, one of the bodies found showed signs of a violent death.
The blast took place in a nine-story apartment building at around 11.30 AM local time.
The explosion happened in one of the flats, leading to a fire.
The fire consumed 50 square metres of the building.
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