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This devastating drone footage shows the shocking aftermath of a gas explosion in Russia's Volgograd which completely gutted out the entire middle section of an apartment building, as if it had been split in two. At least two people died in the blast, which caused the whole central block to collapse. It is unknown just how many people were in their homes and minding their own business when the blast occurred, authorities have not given out information regarding the amount of people still trapped beneath the rubble of what used to be home sweet home. According to Andrei Bocharov, the Governor of the Volgograd Region, the gas explosion in the four-story residential building occured as a result of a damaged pipeline, which reportedly occurred when construction workers tried to access the pipe without complying with safety standards. The rescue operation is ongoing.
CCTV footage captured the moment a gas explosion ripped through a high-rise flat in the city of Ryazan, about 120 miles southeast of Moscow, in the early hours of Sunday, sending a huge boom through the neighborhood and a massive shower of concrete and debris on to cars parked below. A total of three people died and more than dozens were injured in the incident. The blast caused structural damage to the top floors of the 11-story flat. More than 70 people were placed in a temporary shelter set in a nearby school. An investigation into what caused the explosion is currently underway.
Images of the residential building in the Spanish port city of Valencia where a serious fire has claimed at least four lives. The fire spread at a spectacular rate and 14 people are still missing. The images show smoke billowing from the building and firefighters working inside. IMAGES
Aftermath images show a building partially collapsed in an area near the centre of Marseille, after a fire broke out on the second and top floor of the building. Seven people were taken to hospital and around twenty others evacuated after the fire broke out in the building, causing it to partially collapse, according to the fire brigade and Marseille town hall. IMAGES
An explosion in a residential building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has left two people dead. Residents were rescued from the building by emergency workers. The circumstances of the explosion are not yet known. IMAGES
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