Fuel depot blast in Nagorno-Karabakh kills 20, injures over 290

Yerevan, Sep 26 At least 20 people were killed and more than 290 others injured in a fuel depot explosion in the conflict-hit Nagorno-Karabakh region which was seized by Azerbaijan last week, officials said on Tuesday.

Seven victims died in hospital, and 13 unidentified bodieswere taken to the coroner's office, Xinhua news quoted Armenia's state-run Armenpress as saying in a report on Tuesday, citing local healthcare authorities.

Dozens of the wounded are in critical condition and some are still missing, the report said.

A team of medics are en route from Armenia's capital Yerevan to the region by helicopter to help the victims of Monday's explosion in the main city of Stepanakert, it added.

The cause of the blast remains unknown.

The tragic incident occurred as the Armenian government said that 13,350 refugees hace crossed into the country from the disputed region -- home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians -- since the seizure.

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