Suspected gas tank explosion in Netanya kills three

Suspected gas tank explosion in Netanya kills three

A suspected gas tank explosion in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya killed three people and injured 49 others.

The explosion in the four-story building, which occurred shortly after midnight early Friday morning, damaged surrounding structures. The three killed were a woman in her 20s and two women in their 40s, according to The Jerusalem Post.

A police spokesman said that the blast was not a terrorism attack, the Post reported.

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