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Apartment Blast Kills 19 in Ukraine

Gas explosion suspected as rescuers look for survivors

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Dec 25, 2008 12:10 PM CST

(Newser) – Rescuers could hear cell phones ringing in the rubble as they pulled bodies from an apartment building in southern Ukraine that collapsed after an explosion last night, Reuters reports. At least 19 people are dead and 24 missing after the blast, likely caused by oxygen... Read full story »

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Gas explosion suspected as rescuers look for survivors

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