An explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, has killed a teenage boy and injured at least 162 people.
In this photo released by Uzbekistan's Emergency Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a site of a warehouse in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A massive explosion followed by a large blaze occurred early Thursday morning at a warehouse in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations said the explosion happened early in the morning at a warehouse in southern Tashkent but did not say what was inside it to cause the powerful blast which it said was attended by 16 fire crews. Video and photos posted on social media showed a fire and cloud of smoke that was visible across Tashkent, as well as apartments that had reportedly been damaged by the force of the blast.
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