Officials say 290 people have been taken to hospital with dozens in ‘critical condition’
At least 20 people have been killed and almost 300 injured in a powerful explosion at a fuel storage depot in the Nagorno-Karabakh region as thousands of ethnic Armenians streamed out of the breakaway territory after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of it in a lighting offensive last week.
Local Armenian authorities said 290 people were admitted to hospitals, dozens of them “still in critical condition” after the blast at the facility near the regional capital of Stepanakert on Monday evening.
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