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Fire on more than 800 square meters: gas was pumped from a tank truck
Photo: Russia Emergencies Ministry / ITAR-TASS / imago images
More than 20 people were injured in a serious explosion at a gas station in Novosibirsk.
Among them were at least eight seriously injured, said a doctor from the Interfax agency.
The authorities of the city in Siberia spoke in a statement of several injured people who had been taken to hospital with burns.
Around 800 square meters were in flames after the explosion in the Russian city.
Gas delivery responsible for explosion?
Videos show a giant ball of fire rising over the gas station.
After that, gas bottles exploded again and again, it was said.
The exact circumstances of the explosion are.
According to reports, the explosion may have occurred while pumping gas from a tanker truck.
Safety precautions may have been violated.
apr / dpa
