The State Emergency Situations Service reported there were no casualties / Photo from dumskaya.net

The building, which previously housed the Oriental Yard restaurant, is located at the intersection of Olhiyivska and Mechnykov Streets.

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The State Emergency Situations Service reported there were no casualties, Odesa news portal dumskaya.net wrote.

According to unconfirmed reports, the explosion damaged a gas pipe, but the emergencies service prevented its detonation.

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Hromadske.tv reported that the explosion occurred at 2224 Kyiv time on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports said that a public organization was located there.

As UNIAN reported earlier, a previous explosion on March 22, 2015, near a volunteer organization's center was classified as an act of terror.