One Person Dead, 57 Injured After Explosions at Romanian Gas Station

One Person Dead, 57 Injured After Explosions at Romanian Gas Station
Aerial view of the site of an explosion at a LPG station in Crevedia, near Bucharest, Romania, on Aug. 27, 2023. Inquam Photos/George Calin via Reuters
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BUCHAREST—One person died and 57 were injured after two explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the Romanian town of Crevedia near the capital Bucharest on Saturday.

After the first explosion, the fire spread to two fuel tanks and a nearby house, leading authorities to evacuate everyone within a radius of 700 meters (0.4 miles), while traffic on the main road nearby was blocked, according to the government’s emergency response unit (IGSU).