Gas Tanker EXPLODES in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Jan. 24, 2024

At least six people, including three firefighters, were killed when a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas crashed and exploded in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday, according to Mongolia’s officials. At least 11 people were injured in the fire near the Dunjingarav market, Mongolia’s Emergency Management Office said in a post on Facebook. Its chief G. Ariunbuyan told local media that the agency received a call about the incident at 1:04 a.m. (1704 GMT Tuesday). More than 600 firefighters in 100 vehicles were involved in putting the fire out, which was eventually extinguished. “Unfortunately, as a result of the accident, three officers of the 63rd Fire Fighting and Rescue Unit of the National Fire Service were killed while performing their duty,“ the Emergency Management said in the post on Facebook. Preliminary assessment showed that the truck crashed into a small car causing an immediate explosion, then a second blast occurred that ripp