At least one person died and 162 were injured in a powerful explosion on Thursday at a warehouse near the airport of Tashkent in the capital of Uzbekistan, which caused a fire and broke windows of nearby apartments.
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According to the Ministry of Health, a teenager died after a window frame fell on him, adding that 24 people were hospitalized but are not facing life threats, while 138 were treated for injuries.
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Flights were operating normally at the capital’s international airport, said its administration.
Videos and photographs published on social media show flames rising to the night sky, with a huge cloud of smoke hanging over the warehouse, but the cause of the explosion was not immediately clarified.
