Fire destroys 86 homes

Berlin: Several people have been injured in a gas explosion in Memmingen in southern Germany, daily Bild reported yesterday, citing a police spokesman.

The Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper said the explosion occurred at the offices of the German Red Cross around 5pm yesterday (NZT). Five people were injured, most of them only slightly.

The explosion was probably due to a defective gas line under the street, the paper cited police as saying.