Explosion in Zemo Ponichala - video footage from accident site

Three people were injured as a result of the explosion in one of the apartment buildings in Zemo Ponichala district, Tbilisi. The injured people were taken to the hospital.

According to Guga Kashibadze, the head of Tbilisi Burns Center patients received second-third burns degree.

Shalva Khutsishvili, Acting Head of Emergency Situations Management Service, says that the rescuers are searching for missing mother and child at the site of the blast.

The explosion occurred presumably due to a gas leak. As a result of which the 3rd and 4th floors of the building collapse.