𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐳𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟔𝟎.

An enormous explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, caused by detonating electric car batteries, killed one person and injured 160 others. The explosion occurred near the airport in a customs warehouse, inflicting damage to neighboring buildings and the airstrip. A 15-year-old boy died when a frame fell on top of him. Despite initial reports to the contrary, authorities have disputed that the explosion was the result of a plane crash. The explosion jolted the city awake by shattering glass and causing damage to  numerous surrounded buildings. nonetheless, one of the airport’s runways was closed for several hours.

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