“The explosion occurred in a five-story building. After it, part of the structures collapsed, ”TASS quoted the source as saying.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the house where the explosion occurred is brick-built - it has four entrances.
Fire and rescue units were sent to the site.
Information about the cause of the explosion and the victims is being specified.
Earlier it was reported that investigators opened a criminal case after the explosion and fire in a residential building in Magnitogorsk, where two people died and two were injured.