15 dead, wounded by fuel tank explosion in Russia

SANAA, July 7 (YPA) – Four people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday evening when a fuel tank exploded in the central Sverdlovsk district in Russia, according to Russia Today site.

Local authorities said that the tank deviated from the road in an area 350 km from the provincial capital of Yekaterinburg, resulting in an explosion and a fire.

According to the police, the driver of the shipper, according to preliminary information, was drunk, and most of the victims and passengers were traveling on the tank at the moment of the accident.