HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Investigators began sifting through the ruins of a massive fire that destroyed hundreds of fuel tankers parked at a major crossing at the Afghanistan-Iran border, the governor of Afghanistan’s Herat province said Tuesday. Satellite photos of the Islam Qala customs terminal and surroundings analyzed by The Associated Press show the devastation wreaked by a blaze that began Saturday when a fuel tanker exploded. Satellite images from Planet Labs Inc. obtained by the AP show the burnt shells of hundreds of fuel and natural gas tankers on the Afghan side of the border. At least 20 people were injured when the explosion set off a huge fire that engulfed many of the hundreds of trucks lined up at the border crossing. The satellite images show a mass of burned trucks, the ground around them singed black.

Source: Egypt Independent February 16, 2021 13:30 UTC