Gas explosion in Skikda, 03 dead, 12 injured

Three members of one family were killed and twelve people were injured Saturday evening in Skikda (500 km east of Algiers) after a gas leak that caused an explosion in their homes, reported Sunday Algerian agency APS.

•      It was not known yet in the morning the exact circumstances of the explosion which occurred around 11 pm (10 pm GMT) in a block of a residence south of the city, after a gas leak, according to civil protection.
  
      The three dead, one man and two women, were members of one family, said Public Radio Channel III.
  
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