The explosion that took place on Friday, at a boarding house in Cluj-Napoca, resulted in the death of a woman, two people having serious burns, four other people needing to be checked by doctors, several buildings and cars being damaged and several persons who had to evacuate themselves from the neighbouring buildings, agerpres reports.
At 6.49, ISU Cluj was called through 112 National System of Emergency Calls (SNAU) to intervene in an explosion followed by a fire burst out in a house-type building.
The Cluj County Police Inspectorate announced that the woman who died because of the gas was 37 years old and was from Timis County.
Mayor Emil Boc announced that the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas and that it affected other neighbouring buildings as well, the condition of which will be checked by specialists.