Moscow: At least 38 bodies have been recovered following a New Year’s Eve gas explosion in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk that caused an apartment building to collapse, authorities said Thursday.
A spokesperson for the regional emergency services said that the death toll rose after another victim was pulled out of the rubble, Efe news reported citing Russian news agency Interfax.
Monday, a large blast, believed to have been caused by a gas explosion, caused a section of the 10-storey Soviet-era block of flats to collapse. In all, 48 flats — home to 120 people — were wrecked.
Hundreds of people had been deployed to assist with the rescue operation.
Authorities had warned that due to the low temperatures, around the -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit) mark, the chance of finding survivors under the debris lessened with each passing hour.
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