MOSCOW: At least 100 people died and dozens were injured in an explosion at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm on Friday, Interfax reported citing investigators.
Russian media said the explosion was an accident caused by fireworks.
RIA-Novosti quoted law enforcement and Emergencies Ministry officials as saying that according to preliminary data, fireworks caused the blast.
"The explosion occurred in the Lame Horse bar in Perm, as a result at least 100 people were killed," the Interfax quoted a police official as saying.
The blast hit the cafe as some 200 people were partying inside, local police said as quoted by Itar-Tass, suggesting that the explosion was caused by a fireworks rocket gone wrong.
"The blast went off at 23:15 Moscow time (20:15 GMT)," RIA Novosti agency quoted the Emergencies Ministry as saying.
Perm has a population of 1.2 million and is the sixth largest city in Russia.
