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Ukrainian Blast Death Toll Rises To
14

October 15, 2007 9:52 a.m. EST

Corabella Akut - AHN News Writer

Kiev, Ukraine (AHN) - Rescue workers are racing against time in search
for eight people still missing after a gas explosion which flattened part
of an apartment building in central Ukraine, even as the official death
toll of Saturday's accident had been placed at 14.

A spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry assured that the rescue
operation will continue until the very last survivor had been retrieved,
adding that seventeen people have been admitted to the local hospital.

According to investigators, several explosions in succession struck a
residential area of the city of Dnipropetrovsk on Saturday, which was
reportedly caused by the sudden surge of supplies to the area, decimating
part of a 10-storey apartment building to rubble, further damaging the
adjacent sections of the building and neighboring houses.

Local authorities have promised to provide shelters for all residents
of the building which suffered the most damage.

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