An explosion at a gas station in Russia late Monday killed dozens and injured many more, local officials said.
August 15, 2023, 3:59 PMThis handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala.n town of Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan, exploded on Tuesday evening, killing at least 35 and injuring dozens of others, local officials said.
Seventy-five people were being treated for injuries at hospitals, with 10 in serious condition, the health ministry said. Three children were among the dead, officials said. This handout photograph taken and released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala.Officials said the blaze appeared to have started in a nearby car before spreading to the gas station. Two of the station's eight tanks exploded, officials said.
Photos released by Russia's Emergency Ministry appeared to show firefighters battling a raging blaze that had engulfed a structure and several vehicles. Images released by the agency on Tuesday morning appeared to show demolition vehicles at the site, working to clear destroyed buildings. In this image provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a petrol station on a road near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, Russia, late Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.The explosion was possibly caused by storing agrochemicals with flammable characteristics, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said, according to TASS, a Russian news agency.
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