ASTANA, January 18 (RIA Novosti) - A residential natural gas explosion in southern Kazakhstan injured 19 people aged 18 to 72, who have been hospitalized with burns, the Central Asian state's emergencies officials said on Friday.
"On Thursday a gas leak from the pipeline under a private house in the village of Ormanshi caused an explosion over an area of 48 square meters (about 520 square feet), which did not trigger a fire," the emergencies ministry said.
The ministry said the blast shattered the windows, but that no severe damage was caused to the house.
