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Milan building collapse kills two Milan building collapse kills two
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A building has collapsed in the Italian city of Milan, killing at least two people and injuring 50, including children, Italian news reports say. A building in the Italian city of Milan has collapsed, killing at least two people and injuring 50, including children, Italian news reports say.
Emergency officials said an explosion started a fire which caused the building to collapse. Emergency officials said an explosion started a fire and caused the building to collapse at about 2000 local time (1800 GMT).
Some witnesses told the Ansa news agency they had smelled gas shortly before the explosion.Some witnesses told the Ansa news agency they had smelled gas shortly before the explosion.
Emergency workers are at the scene of the collapse, which happened at about 2000 local time (1800 GMT). Emergency workers are looking for people trapped in the building's ruins.
A firefighter at the scene told the Reuters news agency the explosion had probably been caused by a gas leak. The fire department said an elderly Italian man and a young Albanian walking by the building had been killed.
A firefighter at the scene said the explosion had probably been caused by a gas leak.
A resident of the neighbourhood, on Milan's eastern outskirts, told the Associated Press news agency that the front of the building had collapsed and furniture and glass were strewn across the street.