Roof burns down as gas cylinder blasts

ASTANA. KAZINFORM 350 people, including 125 children, were evacuated early morning Tuesday in Shu town as a gas leakage from a gas cylinder caused a massive explosion in the five-storey house in which the roof of the house was burnt down completely.

The fire engulfed an area of 1,013 square meters, the press service of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry said.