NUR-SULTAN, Aug 27 — Nine people have died following explosions at an arms depot in southern Kazakhstan and four others were feared dead, the Central Asian country’s emergencies ministry said today.
A video shared on the Telegram messaging app showed a column of smoke billowing from a fire before a powerful explosion sent flames shooting out. Another video showed debris flying through the sky in long arcs as the fire raged. The defence ministry noted that some of the munitions stored at the Soviet-era depot in Jambyl had been transferred from the facility in Arys, where there have been calls to resettle the town’s entire population of 45,000.The emergencies ministry said that the scattering radius of the fragments was up to two kilometres.
Defence Minister Nurlan Ermekbayev said Friday that he would leave his post over the incident if President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted his resignation.
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