KHABAROVSK, July 26 (RIA Novosti) - One person was killed on Sunday in a gas supply explosion in an apartment in Russia's Far East city of Khabarovsk, local emergency services said.
"The explosion, believed to have been caused by household gas, occurred at 22:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Sunday on the third storey of a five-floor brick building... One man living in the flat died, and 20 residents of the building section were evacuated," an official told RIA Novosti.
The blast caused a fire which has now been localized, he said. Temporary housing for the evacuated residents is being arranged.
