127:) to battle the blaze. The fire soon went out of control producing a large explosion. This explosion was accompanied by a shockwave which could be felt thousands of meters away. The shockwave knocked down firefighters and injured 13 people. Fortunately, all staff at the gas station were able to safely evacuate before the fire escalated. The explosion also caused a huge fireball which rose several hundred meters into the air. It took 70 firefighters and a firefighting
202:
139:
Video of the explosion soon became viral on social media networks. Some residents of the area ventured out to film the blast. The video was widely shared on
197:
27:
123:
On the afternoon of August 10, a large fire broke out at a gas station in
Volgograd, Russia. Firefighters were called around 12:40 local time (8:40
248:
238:
162:
258:
243:
268:
157:
253:
216:
263:
152:
182:
26:
196:
198:"Russia explosion:Huge blast rips through gas station in Volgograd, injuring at least 13"
183:"Huge blast rip through gas station in Russian city of Volgograd, injuring at least 13"
232:
104:
56:
115:. The explosion caused 13 injuries and could be felt thousands of meters away.
108:
100:
71:
140:
112:
75:
128:
124:
60:
89:
81:
67:
51:
36:
99:On the afternoon of August 10, 2020, a large
8:
19:
25:
18:
16:Gas station explosion in Volgograd, Russia
31:Volgograd, the location of the explosion
174:
143:in the days following the explosion.
7:
217:"Explosion at Volgograd Gas Station"
14:
205:from the original on 2020-08-12.
131:to finally extinguish the fire.
1:
249:August 2020 events in Russia
158:List of industrial disasters
285:
24:
239:2020 disasters in Russia
153:1947 Texas City Disaster
40:10 August 2020
20:2020 Volgograd explosion
259:Explosions in Russia
244:2020 fires in Europe
269:Events in Volgograd
21:
254:Explosions in 2020
163:List of explosions
90:Non-fatal injuries
97:
96:
276:
221:
220:
213:
207:
206:
200:
193:
187:
186:
179:
47:
45:
29:
22:
284:
283:
279:
278:
277:
275:
274:
273:
264:Fires in Russia
229:
228:
225:
224:
215:
214:
210:
195:
194:
190:
181:
180:
176:
171:
149:
137:
121:
43:
41:
32:
17:
12:
11:
5:
282:
280:
272:
271:
266:
261:
256:
251:
246:
241:
231:
230:
223:
222:
208:
188:
173:
172:
170:
167:
166:
165:
160:
155:
148:
145:
136:
133:
120:
117:
103:occurred at a
95:
94:
91:
87:
86:
83:
79:
78:
69:
65:
64:
53:
49:
48:
38:
34:
33:
30:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
281:
270:
267:
265:
262:
260:
257:
255:
252:
250:
247:
245:
242:
240:
237:
236:
234:
227:
218:
212:
209:
204:
199:
192:
189:
184:
178:
175:
168:
164:
161:
159:
156:
154:
151:
150:
146:
144:
142:
134:
132:
130:
126:
118:
116:
114:
110:
106:
102:
92:
88:
84:
80:
77:
73:
70:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
39:
35:
28:
23:
226:
211:
191:
177:
138:
122:
98:
105:gas station
59:(8:40
55:12:40
233:Categories
169:References
44:2020-08-10
119:Explosion
109:Volgograd
101:explosion
72:Volgograd
203:Archived
147:See also
68:Location
141:YouTube
135:Footage
42: (
113:Russia
82:Deaths
76:Russia
129:robot
57:SAMT
52:Time
37:Date
125:UTC
107:in
61:UTC
235::
201:.
111:,
93:13
74:,
219:.
185:.
85:0
63:)
46:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
