17 killed in Ukraine explosion

At least 17 people have died in an explosion in an apartment building in the south of Ukraine. Another 15 people are still missing. Twenty-one people are known to have survived the blast, which ripped through a five-storey building in the Black Sea resort of Yevpatoria. The cause of the explosion is not yet known but the Ukrainian authorities have said there are no signs of a gas leak.First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said Sunday that human voices could be heard coming from 700 meters (2,300 feet) below ground, CNN reports.