=Supermarket in Russia's Vladikavkaz destroyed in explosion with people injured -- reports

MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A powerful explosion destroyed a supermarket and injured some people in Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Sputnik reported Friday, citing the Russian emergency services.

"It was presumably a gas explosion. There are casualties," a spokesman for the emergency services said, adding that rescue teams are searching the place.

Oxygen cylinders were stored in the basement of the building, according to the spokesman. Enditem