At least six people, including three firefighters, were killed when a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas crashed and exploded in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday, according to Mongolia's officials. - REUTERS
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00:00 Several people, including firefighters, were killed when a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied
00:07 natural gas crashed and exploded in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday.
00:14 That's according to Mongolia's officials.
00:17 They added that around a dozen people were injured by the fire near the Dunjigurav market.
00:23 More than 600 firefighters in 100 vehicles were involved in putting the fire out, which
00:29 was eventually extinguished.
00:31 And Mongolia's Emergency Management Office confirmed on Facebook that three National
00:36 Fire Service officers were killed.
00:39 According to Mongolia's deputy prime minister, preliminary assessments showed that the truck
00:43 crashed into a small car, causing an immediate explosion.
00:48 Then a second blast occurred, ripping off a part of the truck with great force and killing
00:52 the firefighters at the scene.
00:55 According to local online news outlets and eyewitness footage, the fire quickly engulfed
01:00 several nearby buildings, including a residential building.
01:04 Scores of cars were burnt.
01:07 Residents told television channel Tenger TV that a group of them had to forcibly break
01:12 out of the building after flames reached the communal exit.
01:15 The deputy prime minister said there were no casualties reported from the apartment
01:19 building, but could not "guarantee that the casualty count will not increase as investigation
01:25 and emergency measures were still underway."
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