A damaged building is pictured after several people were injured in an explosion in an apartment block in the eastern German city of Blankenburg, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Marvin Gaul. 
A damaged building is pictured after several people were injured in an explosion in an apartment block in the eastern German city of Blankenburg, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Marvin Gaul. 

Europe

At least one dead after blast rips through German tower block

The cause of the explosion is not yet known

Jack Dutton

December 13, 2019