Huge blast rocks Central Asian capital (VIDEOS)

Blaze engulfs an industrial zone near an airport in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

An explosion and fire early Thursday morning completely destroyed a warehouse in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent, according to local media reports and dramatic videos from the scene of the incident.

Firefighters are battling an enormous blaze which has engulfed an industrial zone not far from Islam Karimov international airport in Tashkent on Thursday morning. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but multiple ambulances responded to the site of the incident.

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