Powerful blast rocks gas station in EU country (VIDEO)

A series of explosions at a fuel station near Bucharest has killed two people and injured dozens of others, local authorities have said Read Full Article at RT.com

Powerful blast rocks gas station in EU country (VIDEO)

Local authorities have announced a mass evacuation near the explosion site outside of Bucharest, Romania

A series of powerful explosions at a Romanian gas station on Saturday has killed at least two people and injured dozens of others, local authorities have said as they announced mass evacuations of nearby areas. 

In a statement on Facebook on Sunday, the country’s General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations wrote that the incident occurred at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the town of Crevedia, not far from the Romanian capital of Bucharest.

The first explosion killed one person – who succumbed to a heart attack – while injuring seven others, the agency said, adding that the second blast injured another 50 people. Later, Romanian Health Minister Raed Arafat confirmed the second fatality, a woman who died of extensive burns.

A total of 54 people have been taken to the hospital, ten of whom have been intubated, according to the agency.