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Minibus in Russia’s Magnitogorsk bursts in flames, killing 3
MOSCOW, Jan. 2, 2019 (BSS/XINHUA) – Three people were killed after a
minibus burst into flames in Russia’s Magnitogorsk, local news reported
Wednesday.
The accident took place on Tuesday night not far from a residential block
that witnesses a building collapse on Monday. The collapse has left at least
nine people dead and 30 more missing.
“At the crossing of Karl Marx Street and Pravda Street in Magnitogorsk, a
Gazel car with three people (all adults) inside had caught fire … There
were two gas cylinders in the car,” Sputnik news agency quoted a statement
released by the press service of the Chelyaabinsk Region’s governor.
Local interior department said the cause of the fire was the malfunction of
the gas equipment.
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