Reuters: A gas leak causes an explosion in the house of the Minister of the Interior of Tunisia... and his wife is burned.

A Tunisian security official told Reuters that an explosion occurred today, Monday, at the home of the Tunisian Minister of Interior, as a result of a gas leak, injuring his wife with minor burns.

The source added that Minister Tawfiq Sharaf El-Din is fine, and that his wife's burns are first-degree mild.

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