One person was killed and dozens were injured in an explosion in an apartment block in Germany on Friday, police said, according to local media.
Emergency responders found the body in the apartment where the explosion is believed to have started.
Some of the other victims sustained serious injuries. "It cannot be ruled out that there will be more" injuries reported, a police spokesman said.
The blast, whose cause police said was not yet known, occurred in the eastern city of Blankenburg.
Large parts of the surrounding area were cordoned off by police.
Residents, including children at a nearby kindergarten, were evacuated, and the area where the explosion occurred was sealed off, police said. None of the children were hurt, police tweeted.
Police said 25 people had been injured. Local broadcaster MDR quoted police as saying one person had died and one other was missing.
A photograph shared by police on Twitter showed soot marks stretching up the facade of the five-storey building and smoke pouring out of a first-floor flat. Photos posted online by the fire brigade also showed flames inside one apartment.
Experts will assess the building's structural integrity on Friday, with district fire chief Kai-Uwe Lohse saying that its slabs had "shifted."
The explosion happened shortly before 9 am (0800 GMT) in the building on the edges of the central German town, which is located near the Harz Mountains.
