Two explosions in an unlicensed liquified petroleum gas filling station in the north area of Romania’s capital, Bucharest late on Saturday leads to one life lost and 57 severely injured.
Most of the injured were firefighters who rushed to the station to extinguish the blaze from the first explosion before the second occurred, officials said.
Among the injured – some with severe burns – were 39 firefighters, two police officers, two gendarmes among others, head of the emergency department, Raed Arafat disclosed on Sunday.
“Overnight we transferred two firefighters and two civilians abroad for treatment and more will follow”, Arafat said in a statement.
The defense ministry added that the four were transferred to Italy or Belgium.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts in Crevedia, a commune of villages and prosecutors have opened an inquiry.
“We know that the station was no longer working, so it clearly didn’t have a permit to function”. Arafat said.
The fire also forced the evacuation of people within a 700-metre radius.
