{"id":833024,"date":"2025-03-10T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/15-killed-in-an-explosion-and-fire-at-a-gas-station-in-central-yemen\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:00","slug":"15-killed-in-an-explosion-and-fire-at-a-gas-station-in-central-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/15-killed-in-an-explosion-and-fire-at-a-gas-station-in-central-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"15 killed in an explosion and fire at a gas station in central Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAIRO \u2014 An explosion at a gas station triggered a massive fire in\u00a0central Yemen,<\/a>\u00a0killing at least 15 people, health officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n

The explosion occurred Saturday at the Zaher district in the province of Bayda, the Houthi rebel-run Health Ministry said in a statement. At least 67 others were injured, including 40 in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The ministry said rescue teams were searching for those reported missing. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what caused the explosion.<\/p>\n

Footage circulated online showing a massive fire that sent columns of smoke into the sky and left vehicles charred and burning.<\/p>\n

Bayda is controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have been at war with Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized government for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Bayda, the Houthis attacked and looted Hanaka al-Masoud village in the al-Qurayshiya district last week, according to the internationally recognized government. It said there were fatalities but gave no figures.<\/p>\n

Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said the attack came after a weeklong siege of the village.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis horrific attack targeted citizens\u2019 homes and mosques, and resulted in many casualties, including women and children, and the destruction of property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rights activist Riyadh al-Dubai said the Houthis detained dozens of men and looted homes, seizing valuables such as gold, money, daggers and other possessions. He said shelling by the Houthis had continued relentlessly day and night for more than five days.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen condemned the attack, saying in a statement that the \u201cdeaths, injuries, and wrongful detentions of innocent Yemenis perpetrated by Houthi terrorists are depriving the Yemeni people of peace and a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s civil war began in 2014, when the rebels took control of the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country\u2019s north, forcing the government to flee to the south, then to Saudi Arabia. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war in March 2015, backed at the time by the U.S., in an effort to restore the internationally recognized government.<\/p>\n

The war has killed more than 150,000 people including civilians and combatants, and in recent years deteriorated largely into a stalemate and caused one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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