TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and eight others injured on Saturday in an explosion at a residential building in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

The blast, which occurred in the provincial capital Tabriz in the afternoon due to natural gas release, also inflicted damage on a few nearby buildings, ISNA quoted Vahid Shadinia, spokesman for the provincial emergency medical service, as saying.

Rescuers and law enforcement teams, as well as six ambulances, have been sent to the scene, Shadinia said, adding that the rescue and relief operations were continuing and that further details would be provided subsequently. Enditem

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