Red Cross: hundreds need medical care after Karabakh fuel explosion

A fuel explosion in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has resulted in hundreds of burn victims, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement on Tuesday. The blast occurred as thousands of ethnic Armenians are fleeing the region after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation.

The ICRC said that it is delivering medical assistance to those suffering from burns and evacuating some people by ambulance, citing full hospitals and traffic as challenges.