20.05 Household Gas Explosion Kills One in Moscow - Law Enforcer

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - One person was killed in an apparent household gas explosion in southwestern Moscow, a law enforcement spokesman said Monday.

According to preliminary data, household gas exploded in an apartment on the seventh floor of a residential building on Nagornaya Street, the spokesman said.

A shockwave threw the apartment owner out of the window. He died, he said.