At least 109 people were killed and 130 others injured in a nightclub blast that hit Russia's Urals city of Perm late on Friday. [Xinhua]

Some firecrackers were presumably ignited without permission and one of them exploded at the "Lame Horse" nightclub in downtown Perm at 11:15 p.m. Moscow time (2015 GMT), where a banquet marking the club's eighth anniversary with around 200 people was being held, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.Currently there were varied reports on casualties. The Investigative Committee at Russian Prosecutor General's Office said 76 dead bodies have been evacuated from the club so far.