“As a result, a man born in 1978 died. Under the rubble, rescuers found a body of a woman born in 1983 and a child born in 2012,” reads the press service of the Akmola Region Department of Emergency Situations.
Gas explosion occurred in the building of a former rural mosque, where memorial dinners were held. According to the data, the rescuers who arrived took out six gas cylinders out of seven.
16 victims were taken to the Astana city hospital by an ambulance team.
About 30 personnel and five units of equipment from the regional Department of Emergency Situations, as well as the operational rescue team, the disaster medicine center, psychologists and the Astana canine service are working at the scene.
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