One injured in explosion in Tbilisi residential building

One individual has received light injuries after an explosion in a residential building in Tbilisi, in the third micro district of Varketili earlier today.

The explosion happened on the sixth floor of a nine-storey residential building, allegedly because of a gas leak.

The Emergency Management Service has stated that the injured individual has immediately been transported to hospital, while the fire was extinguished shortly. 

Police are looking into the incident.