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37 killed in Russian apartment building collapse; 11-month-old rescued from wreckage, four still missing

The Associated Press January 3, 2019, 18:42:34 IST

Four more bodies were found by emergency workers at the site of the Russian apartment building collapse which is suspected to have been caused by gas leak.

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37 killed in Russian apartment building collapse; 11-month-old rescued from wreckage, four still missing

Moscow:  The death toll in the collapse of a Russian apartment building has risen to 37 after more bodies were discovered by crews searching the huge pile of concrete rubble. The State news agency TASS cited an emergencies ministry official on Thursday as having said that four people who lived in the collapsed section of the building in Magnitogorsk remain unaccounted for. The Russia apartment building  collapse on Monday followed an explosion that officials say was most probably caused by a gas leak. [caption id=“attachment_5830471” align=“alignleft” width=“515”]Russian Emergency Situations employees work at the scene of the collapsed section of an apartment building, in Magnitigorsk, southeast of Moscow, in Russia, on Wednesday. Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP) Russian Emergency Situations employees work at the scene of the collapsed section of an apartment building in Magnitogorsk, southeast of Moscow, in Russia, on Wednesday. AP[/caption] An 11-month-old boy was extracted from the wreckage alive on Tuesday and was flown to Moscow for treatment of injuries, including frostbite. Nighttime temperatures in the city which lies 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) southeast of Moscow. have fallen to about minus 20° Celsius (minus 4° Fahrenheit).

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