At least six people were killed and 30 more injured when a large gas cylinder exploded in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Thursday, police and health officials said.
The explosion destroyed three homes and destroyed at least five vehicles. It was reported that an unidentified person was trapped under the rubble.
Police officers said that at least three houses were completely destroyed when a cooking gas cylinder placed on the roof of one of the houses exploded.
Firefighters are still searching for people missing from collapsed homes, and health officials said the death toll could rise.
The provincial governor, Haval Abu Bakrin, said a child was among the victims, the official Iraqi News Agency reported.
Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdish-controlled semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq, has ordered an investigation.
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