Truck fuel tank explosion injures three people in Astana

A fire broke out in a truck bay on the ground floor of a three-storey administrative building in the Zharsuat Street of the Saryarka district in Astana, Kazinform News Agency cites the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

“Before the arrival of firefighting units, an explosion occurred in the fuel tank of a truck that resulted in subsequent combustion. There were three trucks inside at that moment. Firefighters were able to save two cars from the fire. As a consequence of the fire outbreak, three people sustained injuries,” the ministry reports.

Recall that on November 21, a bus caught fire with the driver inside on the Kabanbay Batyr Avenue in Astana.