Moscow. Thirty people were killed and more than 100 were injured in a massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan. Local officials gave this information on Tuesday.
The governor of Dagestan, Sergei Melikovi, said that three children were among those killed.The explosion occurred on Monday night at a gas station on the outskirts of the region’s capital, Makhachkala.
The fire first started in the car repair shop and soon spread to the nearby gas station. According to the news, the fire in the gas station spread to an area of 600 square meters in a short time.
Some of the injured will be airlifted to Moscow for treatment. Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation . According to preliminary information, the explosion occurred at a car service center near the Globus shopping center in Makhachkala.
The regional governor said on Tuesday, August 15, that a fire broke out at a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan. According to information from the Dagestan Disaster Management Center, 12 people were killed and 50 were injured as of 12.00.
However, later the number of dead increased further which reached 25. Three children are also included in the dead. At the same time, now news is coming that the number of dead has increased to 30 and the number of injured has reached 100.
