Truck fuel tank explosion injures three people in Astana

A fire broke out in a truck bay on the ground floor of a three-storey administrative building in the Zharsuat Street of the Saryarka district in Astana, Kazinform News Agency cites the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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“Before the arrival of firefighting units, an explosion occurred in the fuel tank of a truck that resulted in subsequent combustion. There were three trucks inside at that moment. Firefighters were able to save two cars from the fire. As a consequence of the fire outbreak, three people sustained injuries,” the ministry reports.

Recall that on November 21, a bus caught fire with the driver inside on the Kabanbay Batyr Avenue in Astana.