KIEV, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - At least nine people are confirmed dead following a household gas explosion that caused a section of a building to collapse in Dnepropetrovsk, south-central Ukraine, rescuers said on Saturday.
So far three people have been pulled out of the rubble alive, and a further 21 are injured, the head of the regional emergency services said. The blast occurred in a nine-storey building in Ukraine's third-largest city, located to the south of Kiev.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko called on his Cabinet to do everything possible to help relatives of the victims, and those injured in the accident, the presidential press office said. He also offered his condolences to the victims' families, and urged Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to urgently ascertain the cause of the disaster.
The governor of the Dnepropetrovsk Region is keeping the president updated on developments at the site of the blast, the statement said.
