<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">One person died and 46 were injured after two blasts at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station in Romania.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The injured included 26 firefighters who rushed to the scene, following the first explosion near the capital Bucharest on Saturday evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shortly after, a second blast sent a mushroom cloud billowing into the sky, rocking the forecourt in Crevedia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Authorities said at least eight of the injured had been severely burnt. They plan to send four to hospitals abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">People within a 700-metre (almost half a mile) radius have been evacuated from the area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The area is still dangerous... there is a risk of another explosion at another tanker," said Raed Arafat, head of Romania's emergency department, quoted by the AFP news agency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Romania's President Klaus Iohannis described the explosions as a "tragedy" and said he was "profoundly saddened" by what had happened.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"An investigation must quickly be launched to see if rules were broken. I ask the authorities to take urgent measures for the injured so that these tragedies won't happen again," he wrote on Facebook. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>