Russia’s members of Emergency Situation Ministry and Interior Ministry officers work at the site of a damaged nine-story building in Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan February 27, 2012.
The building collapsed after a household gas explosion and injuring 12 people, according to preliminary information released by local media. [REUTERS/Vitaly Loyanich]

![Russia’s members of Emergency Situation Ministry and Interior Ministry officers work at the site of a damaged nine-story building in Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan February 27, 2012.
The building collapsed after a household gas explosion and injuring 12 people, according to preliminary information released by local media. [REUTERS/Vitaly Loyanich]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02fiihTrW1qmaoalo1_1280.jpg)