According to official information, a major explosion in the Russian republic of Dagestan claimed at least 30 lives.
Another 75 people were injured in the city of Makhachkala, state news agency TASS reported, citing Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry. The rubble was cleared and the search for victims continued. The explosion took place Monday night.
An investigation has been launched into possible violations of safety regulations. Three children were among the fatalities, the Interfax news agency had previously reported, citing local emergency doctors.
A fire broke out in an auto repair shop
The fire broke out Monday night at a car repair shop near a highway in Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala, sparking explosions that spread to a nearby gas station, authorities said.
“It looks like war here”
Photos online showed a one-story building on fire. “It looks like wartime here,” an eyewitness told Reuters TV. It took firefighters more than three and a half hours to extinguish the blaze, which had spread over an area of 600 square meters, TASS reported, citing Russian emergency services.
Also explosion on oil field
Also on Monday evening there was an explosion at an oil field in central Russia. According to official information, two people were killed. Five other people were injured, the Interfax agency reported Monday night, citing the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, which lies east of the Ural Mountains. A fire broke out in an area of about 100 square meters in the Talinskoye oil field. It was initially unclear how the explosion could have happened.
Source: Krone
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