Blast occurs in residential building in Minsk, a woman dies

A crowd of people is gathering near the house. The people say something exploded there, like, some "bang" was heard from the apartment.

Spokesman of Minsk branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations Vital Dembouski has informed that the rescuers are working at the incident site. They found a woman's body when they were extinguishing the fire. The reasons for the fire are still unknown.

16.00. About 6 fire fighting cars and ambulance vehicles are parked near the house. There's no more smoke, informs Euroradio's correspondent Ales Piletski.

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Anatol Khvainitski, who lives in this house, has informed about the blast via Twitter. He has also published a photo.

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