Apartment blast kills four

22 May, 2008 02:57 / Updated 17 years ago

Four people have been killed in an apartment building explosion in the Russian Urals city of Ekaterinburg. According to reports, one of the bodies found showed signs of a violent death.

The blast took place in a nine-story apartment building at around 11.30 AM local time. The explosion happened in one of the flats, leading to a fire. The fire consumed 50 square metres of the building.