MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – At least 10 people, including two children, were injured by a blast and fire in an apartment building in Russia’s West Siberian city of Tomsk on Friday.
The blast on the eighth floor of a high-rise destroyed a wall and caused a fire in two apartments on the upper floors.
The Emergencies and Civil Defense Ministry’s local administration said the blast was caused by a faulty gas canister used during apartment renovation.
However, the Investigative Committee Tomsk Region Directorate said only one person was injured when a gas supply system malfunctioned.