<p>A powerful explosion struck a multi-storey building in Germany on Friday killing at least one person and injuring 11.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The explosion occurred at a residential building in Germany's Blankenburg city which reportedly is home to around 20,000 people.&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to a report by Reuters, police said they had found gas canisters and old war ammunition in one of the flats in the apartment building.</p>

<p>The flat was rented by a 78-year-old man, who was likely also the person killed in the explosion, which police believe was caused by a gas explosion.</p>

<p>According to a report by AFP, police have evacuated the five-storey building and a nearby kindergarten.</p>

<p>Police have also cordoned off the area and the traffic has been diverted.</p>

<p>A photo tweeted by police showed a five-storey communist-era residential block with smoke rising from blackened windows on the second floor.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="de"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Explosion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Explosion</a> in Blankenburg <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Harz</a><br />
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Um 8.55 Uhr hat es eine Explosion in einem Mehrfamilienhaus in der Bertolt-Brecht-Straße in Blankenburg gegeben. Es gibt mehrere Verletzte. Die Evakuierung der noch im Haus befindlichen Personen findet gegenwärtig statt.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blankenburg1312?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Blankenburg1312</a></p>
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A powerful explosion struck a multi-storey building in Germany on Friday killing at least one person and injuring 11. The explosion occurred at a residential building in Germany's Blankenburg city which reportedly is home to around 20,000 people.

A powerful explosion struck a multi-storey building in Germany on Friday killing at least one person and injuring 11. The explosion occurred at a residential building in Germany's Blankenburg city which reportedly is home to around 20,000 people. According to a report by Reuters, police said they had found gas canisters and old war ammunition in one of the flats in the apartment building. The flat was rented by a 78-year-old man, who was likely also the person killed in the explosion, which police believe was caused by a gas explosion. According to a report by AFP, police have evacuated the five-storey building and a nearby kindergarten. Police have also cordoned off the area and the traffic has been diverted. A photo tweeted by police showed a five-storey communist-era residential block with smoke rising from blackened windows on the second floor. #Explosion in Blankenburg #Harz Um 8.55 Uhr hat es eine Explosion in einem Mehrfamilienhaus in der Bertolt-Brecht-Straße in Blankenburg gegeben. Es gibt mehrere Verletzte. Die Evakuierung der noch im Haus befindlichen Personen findet gegenwärtig statt.#Blankenburg1312 — Polizei Magdeburg (@Polizei_MD) December 13, 2019 × (With inputs from agencies)

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One killed, 11 injured in explosion at German housing block