At least nine Russians, including five children, today when a methane gas canister exploded in a dormitory in the far northern Russian city of Kagalym.
The explosion occurred just one day after a similar blast toppled a portion of an apartment block in Moscow, killing eight people and injuring dozens.
Today's blast, in the Arctic Circle region of Khanty-Mansiysk, also caused part of the two-floor dormitory building to collapse, burying more than a dozen people, officials said.
Officials suspect that another 10 people may still be buried under the debris.
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