Greater than 600 firefighters had been deployed in Ulaanbaatar to extinguish the large fireball.
Not less than six folks, together with three firefighters, had been killed in an explosion after a truck carrying liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) crashed right into a automotive in Mongolia.
The huge ensuing blaze on Wednesday within the capital, Ulaanbaatar, injured 11 folks at an intersection close to Dunjingarav market, Mongolia’s Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) mentioned.
The truck was carrying 60 tonnes of LNG. The fireball engulfed a number of close by buildings, together with a residential one, whereas many automobiles had been charred.
Photos shared by emergency companies additionally confirmed home windows blown out at a close-by faculty after the accident exterior a procuring centre.
Residents of a close-by condo block had been briefly relocated, NEMA mentioned, including that roads across the space had been closed because the authorities labored to scrub up the positioning.
Greater than 600 firefighters had been deployed to extinguish the fireplace in an operation that concerned 100 autos.
“Unfortunately, as a result of the accident, three officers of the 63rd Fire Fighting and Rescue Unit of the National Fire Service were killed while performing their duty,” NEMA mentioned in a submit on Fb.
Ten of the injured folks had been taken to a hospital with burns and a toddler was being handled for poisoning.
Richard Buangan, the USA ambassador to Mongolia, mentioned he was “deeply saddened to learn of the tragic accident” and prolonged his condolences to NEMA employees in a submit on X.
The European Union’s ambassador to Mongolia, Axelle Nicaise, mentioned she was “shocked and devastated” by the accident.