Gas blast kills eight in Siberia
Published: 04 May, 2009, 00:42
Eight people, including two children, died on Sunday in a gas explosion at an apartment block in the Siberian city of Irkutsk.
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Published: 04 May, 2009, 00:42
Eight people, including two children, died on Sunday in a gas explosion at an apartment block in the Siberian city of Irkutsk.