Blast in Odesa house: two persons killed. VIDEO

The number of victims killed by the explosion in a residential house in Odesa reached two people.

Censor.NET reports citing the press office of the State Emergency Service of the Odesa region.

"While clearing the debris, rescuers found a dead 90-year-old woman, the owner of the apartment where the alleged explosion took place," the message reads.
Thus, the accident claimed lives of a 67-year-old man and the 90-year-old woman.

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Another four people are reported wounded, including a six-year-old child. All of them were taken to city hospitals.

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The accident also caused fire, which damaged seven apartments.

As reported, the blast occurred on Posmitnyi Street in the Prymorskyi district of Odesa around 5:30 p.m. May 23 in an apartment on the second floor of a five-storey building. The apartment caught fire after the blast.The explosion might has been caused by a gas main rupture.