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Rescuers were called out after the explosion echoed through the streets at around 6.55am. They say it originated from a family apartment on the third floor of the building, and that as many as 30 other apartments had been damaged. Windows in neighboring houses were shattered, while shrapnel peppered cars parked outside.
Health officials in the city, located just outside the capital, Moscow, confirmed that at least thirteen people had been injured and that all victims had been hospitalized. Two victims are now understood to have died. Among those rescued from the building were two children aged between five and 11, who are understood to be in a stable condition and are receiving outpatient care.
Comment: Explosions and fires have been reported across much of the planet in recent months - not just in Russia - and one can't help but wonder, for at least some of them, is the cause the same? And just what exactly is causing them?
- Huge explosion & fire underneath tube station in London (28th June)
- Fire at martial arts centre in China kills 18, mostly children (25th June)
- Scottish Dark Sky Observatory destroyed in suspicious fire (24th June)
- Fire at medical marijuana lab in Italy kills 1, injures 3 (8th May)
- Massive fire breaks out at Ambernath chemical factory, India (8th May)
- Fire rips through flat in Canary Wharf tower block which reportedly has same cladding as deadly Grenfell fire (7th May)
- 82 dead in fire after 'oxygen tanks explode' at Covid hospital in Iraq (25th April)
- Fire kills 55,000 animals at one of Germany's biggest pig farms (1st April)
- Massive explosion hits Balongan oil refinery in Indonesia (29th March)
See also: SOTT Exclusive: The growing threat of underground fires and explosions