One person died and 162 people were hurt in a big explosion at a warehouse in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, early Thursday morning, according to health officials.
The Uzbek Ministry of Emergencies said that the situation at the warehouse explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is now under control. Emergency workers are still working to completely put out the fire that was caused by the explosion.
A young person, who was 16 or 17 years old, passed away right away, as reported by the Health Ministry. The government department also mentioned that 24 of the injured individuals were taken to hospitals.
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Earlier on Thursday, many videos on social media showed a really big fire and smoke going up in the sky at night.
The explosion occurred at a warehouse near Tashkent’s airport, as reported by a local news site called Daryo.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, a fire started in a warehouse in the Sergeli district of the city after it was hit by lightning.
The government said that Inter Logistics LLC owned the warehouse, according to Tass.
According to Flightradar24, flights seemed to still leave and arrive at Tashkent’s international airport throughout the night and into Thursday morning local time.
Tashkent is the biggest city in Central Asia, which used to be part of the Soviet Union. It has almost 3 million people living there.
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