Nagorno-Karabakh blast kills 20 and injures nearly 300 as thousands flee

Smoke rises after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert (Siranush Sargsyan’s Twitter account/AP/PA)

A powerful blast at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more on Monday as ethnic Armenians streamed out of the breakaway territory after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of it.

The explosion at the fuel storage facility near the regional capital of Stepanakert killed 20 people and wounded nearly 300, separatist authorities said.