A view of a damaged condominium unit following an explosion at the high-end residential area in Manila. <\/p>\n
A huge explosion has hit a luxury apartment block in the Philippines\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 capital, leaving at least six people dead, officials say.\n<\/p>\n
Five other people were wounded when the blast occurred late Friday in a fifth floor condominium unit in “the Fort”, a high-end residential district in the Manila suburbs.\n<\/p>\n
Debris from the building littered the area, with some pieces hurled dozens of meters (yards) by the force of the blast.\n<\/p>\n
Police and fire investigators cordoned off the area, searching the building to find the cause of the blast.\n<\/p>\n
All residents of the building were evacuated.\n<\/p>\n
Hours after the blast Interior Secretary Mar Roxas visited the scene with President Benigno Aquino, saying it was too early to tell if the blast was due to a bomb or an accident.\n<\/p>\n
He added that an investigation is underway.\n<\/p>\n
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