Fire at service station in Russia's Chechnya kills 4: report

The explosion of a gas tank triggered a fire at the service station in the regional capital, Grozny, said Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, adding that two children were among the dead. The fire was extinguished.

Grozny is about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) south of Moscow.

Regional authorities said a criminal investigation was opened, ABC News reported. 

Last month, an explosion at a gas station in the neighboring region of Dagestan killed at least 13 people and injured 23 others.

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