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Gas blast injures several people in Kuwait Agencies
An explosion caused by a gas leak shook a Shiite Muslim prayer hall in southern Kuwait on Sunday, injuring several people and leaving some trapped under rubble, the interior minister said.
Sheikh Jaber Khaled Al Sabah, who inspected rescue operations at the partially collapsed two-storey building, said the blast had occurred because of a gas leak.
"Work is going on to save the four trapped people. I was able to speak to two of them," the minister said outside the building which was lit by floodlights. A row of ambulances stood by to rush the injured to hospitals.
Several people were injured in there explosion, but resident said the prayer hall was not crowded when it occurred. There were no further details about the casualties.
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Police cordoned off the building in the town of Ahmadi, a major energy centre in the Gulf oil exporting state. The site is close to the headquarters of state oil companies.