More than 30 people were injured and hospitalized in the city of Taraz in the southern Kazakh region of Zhambyl after an explosion on the territory of a military unit, the regional administration said on Thursday
ALMATY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th August, 2021) More than 30 people were injured and hospitalized in the city of Taraz in the southern Kazakh region of Zhambyl after an explosion on the territory of a military unit, the regional administration said on Thursday.
Earlier, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported that the explosion in Taraz had occurred due to a fire near a warehouse.
"Thirty-two people were admitted to the hospital No. 1 of the city of Taraz with various injuries," the regional administration said.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev then specified that about 30 servicemen and employees of the Department of Emergency Situations of the Zhambyl Region had been injured in the explosion.
