9 injured in large gas explosion in Logrono, north Spain

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Local government officials say a suspected gas blast has injured nine, one seriously, and partially demolished a downtown building in a northern Spanish city.

A spokeswoman for the municipal government of the city of Logrono says the explosion destroyed the third and fourth floors of a building in Gran Via, the city´s main boulevard.

Rubble was strewn across the street after the blast rocked the prosperous city, capital of the wine producing region of Rioja, the spokeswoman said Saturday.

An eyewitness told state broadcaster RNE that the blast rocked the centre of the city "like an earthquake."

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