At least 12 people, including two children, were killed in a fire and subsequent explosion in Makhachkala in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, local officials said early on Tuesday.
Over 60 people were injured in the incident, 10 of whom are in a critical condition, the state RIA news agency reported, quoting Russian deputy health minister Vladimir Fisenko.
Thirteen of the wounded are children, Interfax reported citing the Dagestani health ministry.