Man, 50, moderately wounded in gas cylinder explosion on Jerusalem street

A man about 50 years old was moderately wounded, apparently from a gas cylinder explosion on Yitzira Street in Jerusalem, according to Channel 12. MDA paramedics treated him and evacuated him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital with burns.

A 50-year-old man sustained moderate injuries Friday morning in what appears to be a gas cylinder explosion on Yitzira Street in Jerusalem. Channel 12 reported that MDA medics provided on-site treatment and evacuated him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital with burns. The circumstances of the explosion are under investigation. This incident is separate from a larger gas explosion in the Jerusalem Old City in June that wounded several people.

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