<p>Three people died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion caused a two-storey apartment building to partially collapse in a Russian village early on Saturday, head of the Lipetsk region Igor Artamonov said.</p>.<p>Video footage showed major structural damage to the building in Solidarnost, a village 400 km (250 miles) south of Moscow, and rescue workers on the scene, attempting to clear the rubble.</p>.<p>Six other people were injured, the TASS news agency reported, citing Vasily Razmunov, head of the local emergencies ministry.</p>.<p>The regional branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said a gas explosion in the central part of the building had caused it to collapse.</p>.<p>Investigators said they had opened a criminal case on the grounds that services provided had not met safety requirements.</p>.<p>Gas explosions are relatively common in Russia because of ageing infrastructure and poor safety regulations surrounding gas use. Two people died earlier this week after a blast at a nine-storey block of flats. </p>
<p>Three people died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion caused a two-storey apartment building to partially collapse in a Russian village early on Saturday, head of the Lipetsk region Igor Artamonov said.</p>.<p>Video footage showed major structural damage to the building in Solidarnost, a village 400 km (250 miles) south of Moscow, and rescue workers on the scene, attempting to clear the rubble.</p>.<p>Six other people were injured, the TASS news agency reported, citing Vasily Razmunov, head of the local emergencies ministry.</p>.<p>The regional branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said a gas explosion in the central part of the building had caused it to collapse.</p>.<p>Investigators said they had opened a criminal case on the grounds that services provided had not met safety requirements.</p>.<p>Gas explosions are relatively common in Russia because of ageing infrastructure and poor safety regulations surrounding gas use. Two people died earlier this week after a blast at a nine-storey block of flats. </p>