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At least two people were injured in an explosion in a residential building in Rohrbach, Upper Bavaria.
Two more have been missing so far, said a spokesman for the integrated control center in Ingolstadt, according to the dpa news agency.
The »Donaukurier«, however, reports that »no person is missing« at the moment.
Fire broke out
The apartment building collapsed after the explosion - and started to burn, said the spokesman.
A large number of rescue services were on site, and rescue dogs had been requested to search for missing people in the rubble.
At least one rescue helicopter was in use.
The explosion was reported to the police on Thursday at around 12.40 p.m.
Further details are not yet known.
The municipality of Rohrbach an der Ilm is located around 30 kilometers from Ingolstadt.
According to the Bayern portal, around 6,000 residents are registered there.
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