The fire, which ignited during a ship offloading at the depot, has been contained, but fears of a potential fuel supply disruption loom large. Guinea heavily depends on imported refined petroleum products, and officials are urgently assessing fuel-related needs to avert possible shortages.
The local police in Nagpur district are actively engaged in assessing the situation, and preliminary reports indicate a significant loss of life due to the explosion.
This comes two weeks after at least seven people were killed in a blast targeting a Shiite mosque in Baghlan district. A group affiliated with the Islamic State is believed to be responsible for such attacks, including those on other Shiite areas.
As per the District Magistrate, Deepak Meena, a search operation is currently underway to ensure there are no individuals trapped beneath the debris caused by the explosion.
Punjab: According to the police, the exact reason behind the explosion is yet to be ascertained. Forensic experts rushed to the building where the incident took place to examine the reason of the blast.
The police said the workers were making firecrackers when the explosion took place in the godown in Nagapattinam. A case was registered into the matter and an investigation was initiated.
An explosion took place at a firecracker manufacturing factory in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. According to reports, three people were injured in the incident.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that another assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Earlier, Turkish media reported a deafening explosion following by gunfire in Ankara.
The explosion took place as the people arrived at the station to refuel their cars in order to leave the region. Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are leaving the region and fleeing to Armenia after Azerbaijan’s military launched a swift operation to fully reclaim the region.
West Bengal: BJP blamed Bengal Minister Rathin Ghosh for the blast demanding an NIA probe, while TMC hit back at the saffron party by equating it with a 'vulture'.
Noida factory explosion: "Three workers suffered injuries and were taken to a hospital where two were declared dead by doctors while the third is undergoing treatment," a police spokesperson said.
As of now, officials have not released how many were killed in the incident, but locals claimed at least 11-16 workers were feared dead.
At least 55 people are missing and a total of 65 were hurt, as three buildings collapsed after the blast took place in San Cristobal's Villa Valdez area.
Chhattisgarh: The blast took place at a plant of a power and steel company in the Rasmada area of the district around 2 am, police informed.
Several videos emerged on social media showing a large cloud of smoke over the area, along with damaged buildings and vehicles.
The Britain-based opposition war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a woman was among those who died and that her three children were wounded.
The Kerch bridge, launched in 2018, was ordered to be closed by Crimea's governor Sergei Aksyonov on Monday, halting traffic movement.
An emergency call was made by an onlooker to the police at around 3:15 p.m. A fire broke out on the second floor of the structure, as indicated by the police.
Bihar news: Police said that information was received regarding a cylinder blast, but the actual reason behind the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
The city's Emergency Management Bureau affirmed that a blast furnace had exploded on Thursday at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co. Ltd, reports AP. Experts believed that an equipment malfunction was the reason of the explosion.
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