MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Three people died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion caused a two-story apartment building to partially collapse in a Russian village early on Saturday, head of the Lipetsk region Igor Artamonov said. Six other people were injured, five of whom were hospitalized, said Vasily Razmunov, head of the local emergencies ministry. A gas explosion in the central part of the building had caused it to collapse, said the regional branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee. Gas explosions are relatively common in Russia because of aging infrastructure and poor safety regulations. Two people died earlier this week after a blast at a nine-story block of flats.
