Couple And Baby Killed In Jerusalem Gas Explosion

Three people were killed after a cooking gas container blew up causing extensive damage in an apartment building in Jerusalem early Monday morning

Eleven more people were injured in the blast MDA said. The three dead individuals were a man and woman in their thirties, who were pronounced dead at the scene, and a two-year-old toddler who was found unconscious and in critical condition at the scene and who died later in hospital

It appears the negligence of a gas company technician may have resulted in a fatal explosion in the Gilo area of Jerusalem during the night, Sunday to Monday When neighbors first heard the powerful blast they thought it was a terror attack.