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Four-month-old child dies in blast

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  • Four-month-old child among dead in apartment blast
  • Blast displaced 58 people in Zheleznovodsk in southwestern Russia
  • Tenant heating room with gas oven may be to blame
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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- At least six people were killed in an explosion at an apartment building in Russia on Monday, according to the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.

The dead include a four-month-old child, the agency said.

The explosion happened at 2:18 a.m. Monday local time (9:18 p.m. Sunday E.T.). A tenant who was heating an apartment with a gas oven may be to blame, authorities said, ITAR-TASS reported.

The blast displaced 58 people in Zheleznovodsk, a city of roughly 25,000 people in southwestern Russia, north of its border with Georgia. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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