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Al Jazeera Staff

Death toll rises in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast as thousands flee

At least 68 people killed in blast and fire at fuel depot, authorities say [Nagorno-Karabakh Human Rights Ombudsman/AFP]

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded in a fuel depot explosion and fire in Nagorno-Karabakh amid an exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region following a lightning military offensive by Azerbaijan.

The death toll from the blast rose to 68 on Tuesday, the office of Karabakh’s ombudsman said. At least 105 people were missing and 290 others wounded, it said.

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