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An explosion has occurred at the second floor of the Donetsk central department store and one person has been injured, deputy chairman of the Voroshylovska council in Donetsk Ivan Prykhodko posted on his Facebook account.

“Explosion took place at the second floor of the Donetsk central department store. People were injured. Causes are being specified by the Emergency Ministry and Interior Ministry’s services,” Prykhodko said.

One person has been injured, Prykhodko said later.

The press office of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic information ministry said earlier that explosion occurred in the Donetsk department stored at around 1700, Kyiv time.

The building has been sealed off.