Dozens have suffered horrific burns.
One person has been killed and dozens have suffered horrifying burns after multiple explosions rocked a town on the outskirts of Romania’s capital city.
A huge blast at a liquefied petroleum gas station tore through Crevedia, near Bucharest, on Saturday, leaving at least 46 people injured. After the first explosion, a raging inferno quickly spread to two tanks and a nearby house, prompting mass emergency evacuations within 700 metres of the fuel station.
Traffic was blocked as fire crews battled the blaze, according to the government’s emergency response unit . But then a second devastating explosion erupted, injuring 26 firefighters, deputy interior minister Raed Arafat, head of the emergency services, told reporters.Of the 46 injured, eight were intubated after suffering severe burns, the government said.There was a huge emergency response to the terrifying incident
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