At least three people were killed and 16 were injured in a gas explosion in a former mosque in the village of Sabindi in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan, the press service of the regional emergency department reported.
„In the region of Akmola, in the building of a former village mosque in Sabindi, Korgalzhi district, where a funeral dinner was held after a funeral, a gas-air mixture exploded with the subsequent collapse of the building. As a result of the explosion, a 46-year-old man died. The bodies of a woman born in 1983 and a child born in 2012 were also found under the rubble,”, the announcement said.
An ambulance transported 16 injured people to the city hospital in Astana.
The rescuers removed six gas cylinders from the scene, and there were a total of seven in the building. The rubble is currently being cleared. 30 people and 5 pieces of equipment work at the scene of the accident, as well as psychologists and a canine service.
The cause of the explosion is being established. An operational headquarters has been created for the regional emergency aid, a hotline is in operation.