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At least one dead, five missing in Russia's gas explosion -- media report

Xinhua, November 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

A natural gas explosion in western Russia killed at least one person and caused the missing of another five on Sunday, local media reported.

The accident happened in a residential house in Russia's city of Ivanovo on Sunday, and the house was partly destructed, a spokesman for Ivanovo's emergencies service was cited as saying by reports.

"According to verified information, 21 people lived in the house, 15 are rescued, one woman died and it is unknown what has happened to the rest five people," the spokesman told the RIA Novosti news agency. Endi