Massive explosion at gas station in Russia, 25 including children killed, 66 injured

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Massive explosion at gas station in Russia

New Delhi: According to the big news coming from Russia, there was a fierce explosion at the gas station in Makhachkala City here in the early hours of Tuesday. In this accident, 25 people including 3 children died in this blast, while 66 people have been injured. At the same time, the death toll can also increase. Fire engines have reached the spot. It took the fire brigade team more than three and a half hours to douse the fire.

It was learned that a fire broke out in an auto repair shop near the highway in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, on Monday late night and the fire spread to the gas station. On the matter, the news agency RIA said that 66 people were injured in the incident, out of which the condition of 10 is said to be very serious.

On the other hand, the Dagestan Health Ministry said that 13 children were also among the injured. The fire was brought under control after a lot of effort. According to the information, the fire had spread to 600 square meters. But it took the fire brigade team more than three and a half hours to extinguish this fire.

Massive explosion at gas station in Russia

On the incident, the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, said that the injured had been admitted to the nearest hospital there. Along with this, he said that all necessary assistance is being provided to the families of the victims. According to Russian news agency TASS, 2 out of 8 fuel tanks exploded. According to eyewitnesses, the sound of this explosion was very fierce.

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