MOSCOW, January 18 (Itar-Tass) — Three people were wounded in the explosion of a gas cylinder, which went off during the construction works in Moscow on Friday, the press service of the Moscow police department said.

“Presumably a gas cylinder exploded at about 09:00 Moscow time on Friday at 11, Bolshoi Strochenovsky Bystreet in the construction works. Three people were injured and hospitalized then as a result of the gas blast,” the press service reported.

The team of detectives are working at the gas blast site. The inquiry in the gas blast continues.