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| Suspected gas explosion in Prague injures dozens | Suspected gas explosion in Prague injures dozens |
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| A powerful explosion has damaged a building in the centre of the Czech capital, Prague, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities said they believed people were buried in the rubble. | A powerful explosion has damaged a building in the centre of the Czech capital, Prague, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities said they believed people were buried in the rubble. |
| Police spokesman Tomas Hulan said it was not certain what caused the blast in Divadelni Street, but it was likely a natural gas explosion. | Police spokesman Tomas Hulan said it was not certain what caused the blast in Divadelni Street, but it was likely a natural gas explosion. |
| The street was covered with rubble and had been sealed off by police, who also evacuated nearby buildings and closed a wide area around the site of the explosion. | The street was covered with rubble and had been sealed off by police, who also evacuated nearby buildings and closed a wide area around the site of the explosion. |
| Zdenek Schwarz, head of the rescue service in Prague, said up to 40 people had been injured. | Zdenek Schwarz, head of the rescue service in Prague, said up to 40 people had been injured. |
| Windows in buildings located hundreds of metres from the blast were shattered, including some in the nearby National Theatre. | Windows in buildings located hundreds of metres from the blast were shattered, including some in the nearby National Theatre. |
| "There was glass everywhere and people shouting and crying," Vaclav Rokyta, a Czech student, told the AP near the scene. | |
| "I was in the bathroom, no windows, the door was closed. Honestly, if I had been in my bed I would have been covered in glass," said Z.B. Haislip, a student from Raleigh, North Carolina, who was in a nearby building. | |
| The Faculty of Social Sciences of Prague's Charles University and the Film and TV School of the Academy of Sciences of Performing Arts are located next to the damaged building. | |
| Prime Minister Petr Necas said in a statement he was "deeply hit by the tragedy of the gas explosion." | |
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