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Death toll from ammo depot blasts in Kazakhstan rises to 9 – Emergency Situations Ministry
NUR-SULTAN. Aug 27 (Interfax) – The death toll from the ammo depot blasts in the Zhambyl region of southern Kazakhstan has risen to nine, the Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry’s press service said in a statement on Friday.
"According to the latest update, an explosion on the premises of a military unit in the Baizak district of the Zhambyl region has killed nine persons, including officers of the Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry, the military unit, paramilitary security services, and the military prosecution service. The deceased are being identified. Information about four missing persons is being verified," the statement said.
A fire at an ammo depot of the Kazakh Defense Ministry’s engineering and sapper brigade in the Zhambyl region was reported on Thursday evening. In all, there were about ten explosions of engineering munitions. The fire spread onto almost 700 square meters. The Emergency Situations Ministry said the depot was storing over 500 tonnes of TNT.
Earlier reports said that five servicemen had died while containing the fire and the explosions at the ammo depot.
About 1,200 people from nearby populated localities have been evacuated to Taraz.
As of 10:00 a.m. Nur-Sultan Time, 88 persons, including 49 officers of the Emergency Situations Ministry, had been injured. There are no civilian casualties.
