Gas explosion at Moscow restaurant kills 2 and injures 39 including 6 Armenians.

AP - A gas explosion and fire at a Moscow restaurant on Monday killed two people and injured at least 26, officials said.

The explosion occurred at about 3:30 p.m. in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant called Il Pittore. The fire, believed to have been set off by the explosion, spread quickly through the brick building.

Emergencies services official Ilya Denisov said two restaurant employees died and 15 people were evacuated by ambulance.

The federal Investigative Committee said in a statement that in addition to the two killed, 26 people were hurt.

Spokesmen for the city health department and the city emergency services, however, were quoted by state news agencies as saying that 39 people were injured and 32 of them hospitalized.

As has already been announced, among the injured there were also 6 Amenians, whose health condition is still ascertained. They also were affected from natural-gas-leak caused by explosion and fire in Moscow’s Il Pittore Italian restaurant.

In line with the data which the Armenian Embassy in Moscow checked, the Armenians who were affected from the fire are:

Roma Markusyan, 24 – he refused medical assistance.

Aghajanov family – Yelena, 52, and Victoria, 30, Aghajanov refused medical assistance, whereas Nika Aghajanov, 3, is in stable condition.

Siranuysh Yeghusyan, 36 - she is in stable condition.

Feliks Mkrtchyan, 14 – after having been administered first aid, he was discharged with light burns.

Citizenship of these Armenians is currently being checked.