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Mass Casualties Feared In Powerful Explosion At Nagorno-Karabakh Fuel Depot

A photo from social media purports to show the explosion at a fuel depot near the Stepanakert-Askeran Highway on September 25.
A photo from social media purports to show the explosion at a fuel depot near the Stepanakert-Askeran Highway on September 25.

A powerful explosion on September 25 is feared to have resulted in mass casualties at a fuel warehouse near the Stepanakert-Askeran Highway in the mostly ethnic-Armenian breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Azerbaijan is in the process of taking full control of after a lightening military offensive. Separatist authorities in the region said many burn victims have been taken to hospitals for treatment. Details remain scarce in the incident. Rescue teams are at the site, officials said. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, click here.

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