Damascus : Four people, including two children, were killed and five others, including a child, were injured in an explosion in a residential building on the outskirts of Idleb city in north-west Syria.
Civil defence teams immediately began rescue operations, recovering the body of a victim from under the rubble, finding the remains of an unidentified person and the body of a child, while the other injured were evacuated from the scene.
The teams also worked to extinguish fires that broke out in the building as a result of the explosion, secure the site, and prevent the flames from spreading to neighbouring buildings.
