WARSAW, Poland - Rescuers have recovered eight bodies from the debris of a house destroyed by a gas explosion in southern Poland but are continuing to search in sub-freezing temperatures for any other possible victims, officials said Thursday. Jaroslaw Wieczorek said four of the dead in this “terrible tragedy” were children, as some 100 rescuers combed by hand through the debris. “The rescue is being carried out in very difficult conditions, in hostile weather and in smoke from the debris,“ Wieczorek said. Footage on TVN24 showed firefighters and rescuers working through a huge heap of bricks that remained of the house. A spokesman for Poland’s gas company said gas services for a large part of the town were cut off after the blast for security reasons.

Source: thestar December 05, 2019 07:47 UTC