The powerful explosion killed 20 people and injured a further 300 as they lined up to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the Azerbaijan enclave
An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed at least 20 people, according to Armenian officials At least 20 people have been killed in an explosion at a fuel depot in Azerbaijan’sA further 290 people were admitted to hospitals, dozens of them in critical condition, Armenian authorities said.
The blast on Monday night in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh occurred as 13,550 people crossed into Armenia from the breakaway region,“The health condition of the majority is severe or extremely severe,” said Human Rights Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding that Nagorno-Karabakh did not have the medical capacity to deal with the injured.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, which happened as people were lining up to get fuel for their heavily laden cars in order to leave the region. An ambulance drives along a road as refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia
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