Firefighters killed in blast following truck and car collision in Mongolia
The explosion took place near a shopping centre in the capital, Ulaanbaatar.
Three firefighters have been killed and 11 other people were injured after a truck carrying 60 tonnes of liquefied natural gas and a car collided in the Mongolian capital, causing a series of explosions.
Images showed a massive fireball at the scene of the crash outside a shopping centre early on Wednesday, close to an apartment building and international school in Ulaanbaatar.
The 12-storey apartment building caught fire as a result, with firefighters working until early morning to extinguish the flames.
The authority expressed condolences to the firefighters’ families in a Facebook post.
Ten people were taken to a hospital to be treated for burns, and another person was being treated at a specialist poison centre.
Forty-three people were evacuated from the burning apartment building.
More than two dozen cars also caught fire in the explosions.
