Blast in Kabardino-Balkaria school hurts nobody

NALCHIK. October 25. KAZINFORM There was an explosion in a school in the village of Zaragizh of the Cherek district of Kabardino-Balkaria overnight, spokesman for the RF Emergency Situations Ministry's main department for the republic Kantemir Davydov told Itar-Tass on Monday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

"The school's principal made a call at 04:00, Moscow time, to the "01" fire emergency service reporting about a loud bang in the school's canteen," Davydov said. The blast knocked out the windows and doors and damaged the internal partitions of the building's extension, in which the canteen is located.

Fire fighters who arrived at the scene called an operational investigation group.

A source in law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass that experts have ruled out a household gas explosion version. The investigation is in progress.

There were no people inside the building at the moment of the incident.