Death toll in Khromaya Loshad nightclub blast in Perm, Russia reached 152, ITAR-TASS reports referring to regional emergency situations ministry.

December 24, 2009, 30-year-old Yulia Falalaeva died in Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow and 26-year-old Yulia Titova died in Janelidze research institute of emergency medicine, St. Petersburg. Another 74 wounded are in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Perm hospitals.

As NEWS.am reported previously, December 4, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. Moscow time the explosion in Khromaya Loshad nightclub in Perm, Russia killed 100 people and wounded 142 others.

Under preliminary data, the unsanctioned use of outdoor fireworks caused the accident. No explosive devices were found in the accident site.

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