SCHOOL EXPLOSION KILLS 2

WASHINGTON: Two people were killed and nine injured on Wednesday after a gas explosion ripped through a Christian private school in the US city of Minneapolis, starting a fire and causing a building to collapse, authorities said. The body of a school employee was recovered at 8pm from the rubble at the Minnehaha Academy, 10 hours after the blast, the city’s fire chief John Fruetel said. Fruetel declined to identify either victim pending notification of next of kin. – Reuters