Greater than 600 firefighters have been deployed in Ulaanbaatar to extinguish the huge fireball.
No less than six individuals, together with three firefighters, have been killed in an explosion after a truck carrying liquefied pure fuel (LNG) crashed right into a automobile in Mongolia.
The large ensuing blaze on Wednesday within the capital, Ulaanbaatar, injured 11 individuals at an intersection close to Dunjingarav market, Mongolia’s Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) stated.
The truck was carrying 60 tonnes of LNG. The fireball engulfed a number of close by buildings, together with a residential one, whereas many vehicles have been charred.
Photos shared by emergency companies additionally confirmed home windows blown out at a close-by faculty after the accident outdoors a purchasing centre.
Residents of a close-by condo block have been briefly relocated, NEMA stated, including that roads across the space have been closed because the authorities labored to scrub up the location.
Greater than 600 firefighters have been deployed to extinguish the fireplace in an operation that concerned 100 automobiles.
“Sadly, because of the accident, three officers of the 63rd Hearth Preventing and Rescue Unit of the Nationwide Hearth Service have been killed whereas performing their responsibility,” NEMA stated in a publish on Fb.
Ten of the injured individuals have been taken to a hospital with burns and a baby was being handled for poisoning.
Richard Buangan, america ambassador to Mongolia, stated he was “deeply saddened to study of the tragic accident” and prolonged his condolences to NEMA employees in a publish on X.
The European Union’s ambassador to Mongolia, Axelle Nicaise, stated she was “shocked and devastated” by the accident.
