Twelve people were killed and more than 100 injured in an explosion at a natural gas filling station in Yemen's rebel-held province of Al-Bayda. "Twelve people from Al-Bayda were killed and more than 100 were injured" in an explosion at a gas station storage facility in the Al-Zaher area, the province's communications chief Aref al-Ghamri said.

Another local official said that “ the gas station exploded while customers were present ,” adding that the location of the facility near a market contributed to the large number of casualties. Videos circulating on social media showed flames engulfing dozens of cars near the station.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known : it occurred in an area considered a front line between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and government forces.

(Unioneonline).

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