Exploded a building in Russia, 4 dead and at least 50 under the rubble

The toll is still provisional and records four people dead and dozens are missing in a gas explosion that occurred around 4 am in a condominium in Magnitogorsk, a Russian town in the Urals. Rescuers are at work in the rubble after having extracted four people alive, including two children. Frost and the Siberian temperature around -18 ° hinder the rescue operations.

110 residents were registered in the building. 16 have been evacuated and another 28 have been traced but about 70 residents are still unknown. According to local television, there are about fifty people trapped under the rubble. The tragedy, confirmed the regional office of the federal security services (FSB), was caused by a gas explosion, which also hit nearby buildings, now at risk of collapse. The Kremlin announced that President Vladimir Putin was "immediately warned of the tragedy"

A woman who lives on the fourth floor of the building, back Russia Todayshe told the Ruptly agency that she was awakened by a roar and saw all the windows in the apartment destroyed. "We thought it was an earthquake - said another witness - All the windows were broken and we heard people screaming".