20 evacuated over gas balloon blast in Petropavlovsk
09:46, 4 June 2012
ASTANA. June 4. KAZINFORM A blast of gas balloon occurred at the second floor of the apartment building at 1:00 a.m. in Petropavlovsk on Monday (June 4), the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry's press service informs.
The fire was liquidated in 20 minutes by a fire crew. 20 people were evacuated, including four children.
A 35-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were taken to a hospital with thermal burns.