Four-year old girl killed in blast in Donbas town

12:24, 15.01.2016 1 min read

As a result of the explosion occurred in the apartment in the town of Ukrainsk of Donetsk region, a four-year old girl was killed, woman and an eight-year old girl were hospitalized with injuries, and searches of a five-year old child under obstructions continue, a press service of Krasnoarmiysk police office of the National Police Main Directorate in Donetsk region.

"As of 1030, a woman born in 1983 and the eight-year old girl were rescued from the obstructions. Both delivered to the hospital. Another child born in 2015 still been searched," reads a report.

However, according to State Emergency Service's press service, as a result of explosion and building failure, one child was killed, and three persons injured (one child among them), they were hospitalized. One more person still under obstructions, the Emergency Service reported.

The service said that under preliminary data a gas-cylinder has blown up without following burning.