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According to the police, five people were injured in a gas explosion in Memmingen in Swabia, including one seriously.
The accident occurred in a building of the Bavarian Red Cross.
An injured person was flown to a clinic in a rescue helicopter, a local police spokesman said on Friday.
According to the Bavarian Red Cross, this is a cleaning power.
Three employees of the rescue service were moderately injured and another employee was slightly injured.
The emergency call was made by colleagues who were in an ambulance at the time of the explosion for a routine check before starting work.
"With the force of the explosion, we can speak of luck that there are no dead," said RK district manager Wilhelm Lehner according to the announcement.
The police described the damage to the building as "immense".
The force of the explosion caused windows to burst.
The house was badly damaged.
Now the search for the leak begins
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The emergency services suspected a leak in a gas pipe in the immediate vicinity.
In the course of the morning, the street had to be opened to localize the leak, said the police and fire department.
A spokeswoman for the city of Memmingen said that several houses had been evacuated within 100 meters of the accident site - also because, according to the Red Cross, it was unclear whether there was still a risk of explosion.
Five residents would be looked after in a nearby fire station.
Paramedics move to the Maltese
From the building, Red Cross emergency services usually start on missions with ambulances.
According to the police, the paramedics have meanwhile moved to a Maltese rescue station to start from there.
At the control center responsible for emergency calls to the fire brigade and rescue service, a spokesman initially assumed four injured, including one seriously injured.
Fire brigade, rescue service, technical relief organization and police are on site.
The accident happened around 6 a.m. in the morning.