Gas explosion in Spanish building kills three

Three people were killed and more than 20 injured when an explosion demolished a building in the southern Spanish city of Seville…

Three people were killed and more than 20 injured when an explosion demolished a building in the southern Spanish city of Seville.

"The explosion... was deliberately caused by one neighbour using gas and gasoline and it caused the collapse of a four-storey housing block," a government spokesman said.

A town council official confirmed media reports that the death toll had risen to three as emergency teams sought to recover the bodies of a married couple crushed under the rubble.

Another man was also killed by the blast.

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