• Nine Die, One Missing in Apartment Block Collapse in Russia

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    Nine Die, One Missing in Apartment Block Collapse in Russia
    The Russian Investigative Committee announced that it was investigating the disaster's causes.

    Digital Desk: As many as nine people had been found dead amid the debris of a five-story apartment building that had partially fallen on Sakhalin, a Russian Pacific island, the regional governor announced on Saturday. Emergency workers were still looking for one person who was still missing.

    According to Russian news organisations, a gas explosion looked to be the reason for the collapse. According to a source in the emergency services, a 20-litre gas cylinder attached to a cooking burner blew up, according to TASS.

    The Investigative Committee of Russia declared that it was looking into the disaster's causes.