Violent gas explosion: Seven are killed and 40 missing after højhuskollaps in Russia

at Least seven people are killed after a part of a high-rise building collapsed in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk in Russia early on Monday morning.

But the death toll likely to be far higher. Monday evening american time is 40 missing people, writes Reuters.

the Reason for the collapse, according to local authorities due to a gas explosion.

Local media in the city, located 1700 kilometers from Moscow in the southern part of the ural mountains, wrote earlier on Monday that there is uncertainty about how many people are trapped in the collapsed building.

But there were reports that there was a cry for help from the rubble.

the Kremlin informs that the president, Vladimir Putin, arrived in the city Monday afternoon to follow the rescue operation.

The Russian katastrofeministerium said at the time that the 68 people missing. Five people are hospitalized.

There lived 110 in people in the property where the accident occurred.

The suspected gas explosion happened early in the morning, when most residents were asleep.

A major rescue operation has been put in the work, and many ambulances and fire engines are at the scene of the accident. Around 1400 rescue teams are put into operation, how many are looking for people who may be buried under the rubble.

The Russian city has about 400,000 inhabitants.

gas explosions are common in Russia, where they are usually due to poor safety and poor maintenance.

Photo: Ritzau Scanpix

Photo: Ritzau Scanpix

Photo: Ritzau Scanpix