Powerful explosion at a gas station in Kazakhstan

According to emergency services, four gas tanks flew into the air.

A powerful explosion occurred this afternoon in the Kazakh city of Ekibastuz. According to the Department of Emergency Situations, several tanks caught fire at a gas filling station on Kunaev Street.

Judging by the footage of eyewitnesses, the detonation of gas containers that followed the fire occurred in the immediate vicinity of fire brigades, but according to the authorities, there were no casualties in the emergency.

According to rescuers, the fire spread to a nearby grocery store "Feruza". Now firefighters are making efforts to localize the fire in order to stop the spread of fire to residential buildings located 100 meters from the place of emergency.
200 employees of the Department of Emergency Situations and 7 pieces of equipment are engaged in extinguishing the fire.

The causes of the fire are being investigated. But most likely, this is a violation of TB. According to the latest information, firefighters managed to localize the fire, but the extinguishing of the gas station continues.