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One person killed in gas explosion in Nizhny Novgorod Region

The ministry added that the fire at the scene has been localized on the area of 250 square meters

MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. One person was killed after a gas explosion in a two-story building in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Emergencies Ministry press office told TASS.

"According to updated reports, 16 people were evacuated, 7 people were rescued, 1 got injured and, unfortunately, 1 person died," the ministry said.

The ministry added that the fire at the scene has been localized on the area of 250 square meters.

The gas-air mixture explosion occurred in a two-story residential building on Ogareva Street in Bogorodsk . The explosion set the roof on fire and destroyed an inter-apartment wall.