From Jerusalem court extends remand for workers involved in deadly gas blast
A Jerusalem court extended the detention of two suspects involved in a gas explosion at a parking garage in the residential southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Baka yesterday.
One man, a laborer at the site, was killed and two other people were lightly injured in the blast. The dead man’s body was found beneath rubble following the explosion.
Police have arrested one of the workers and a contractor who was managing the work. Their remands have been extended until February 25 and 23 respectively.
A leak in one of the gas pipes, which officials say was not handled according to required safely procedures, is believed to have caused the explosion.
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