Four people, including two children have died in the incident, the emergency services have said
A gas station located in the center of the city of Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, was destroyed in a powerful explosion on Friday. Four people died in the incident, according to the local emergency services.
The blast at the station located near the busy Muhammad Ali Avenue in Grozny was caught on numerous videos that surfaced on social media. The clips show the venue quickly catching fire, with a massive explosion rocking the area soon after that. A huge fireball can be seen rising above the nearby buildings with plumes of thick black smoke covering the sky.
Some videos also show a huge metallic fuel tank being thrown away while still on fire by a powerful imploding shockwave. The tank can then be seen smashing a car before hitting a nearby building. Some Russian Telegram channels reported that it also hit and killed a woman and two…