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Dozens hurt in Ukraine gas blast Eight killed in Ukraine explosion
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A gas explosion has destroyed part of an apartment block in southern Ukraine, trapping some of the tenants under rubble, officials have said. Rescue teams are working in the rubble of an apartment building in southern Ukraine, where an explosion has killed at least eight people.
Local officials in Yevpatoria, in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, said two entrances to the five-storey building had been blocked by falling concrete. Local officials in Yevpatoria, in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, say as many as 30 other people may have been buried under the debris.
Ukrainian TV has reported that dozens of people may be under the debris. Two entrances to the five-storey building were blocked by falling concrete following the explosion.
Emergency rescue teams have been despatched to the scene and reports say some people have been pulled out alive. The cause of the blast is thought to have been a gas leak.
A spokesman for Ukraine's emergency ministry said 19 people had been rescued, with four of them being treated in hospital.
Correspondents say casualties caused by gas explosions in often crumbling apartment buildings are common occurrences in former Soviet states, particularly in the winter, when residents use more heating.Correspondents say casualties caused by gas explosions in often crumbling apartment buildings are common occurrences in former Soviet states, particularly in the winter, when residents use more heating.
One such blast in October 2007 killed 23 residents in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk.One such blast in October 2007 killed 23 residents in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk.