Firefighters Feared Dead In Fuel ExplosionA massive explosion at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital has left several people injured and others feared dead.

11:41, UK,Tuesday 09 June 2015

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Several firefighters are feared to have died in a massive explosion at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

The country's interior minister Arsen Avakov described the blaze as "gigantic", adding that several fireman had been killed.

But he later announced on Twitter that those initially presumed to have died had been pulled alive from the flames.

Videos have emerged on the internet, showing the force of the blast and the rescue efforts at the site.

In one video, a fireman can be heard to say: "Everyone - leave. Whoever is still here - leave."

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Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry has told the AFP news agency that

it was aware of six people being injured.

Residents living within 1.2 miles (two kilometres) of the site have

been ordered to evacuate, according to the Ukrainian government.

"The likelihood of the blasts being repeated exists," the government

said in a statement, adding that it was prepared to expand the

exclusion zone to a 6.2 mile (10 kilometre) radius.

It is unclear at this stage what caused the fire. Kiev has been

suffering from hot, dry weather for more than a week.