Explosion at fuel station in Yemen kills 15 and triggers massive fire | World News

An explosion at a fuel station in Yemen has killed 15 people and left dozens injured.

The blast took place on Saturday in the Zaher district in the province of Bayda, the country’s health ministry said.

It triggered a large fire and at least 67 people were injured, including 40 who were said to be in critical condition.

Rescue teams were searching for those reported missing, the ministry added.

Footage circulating online showed a massive fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the sky and left some vehicles charred and burning.

Bayda is controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have been at war with Yemen’s internationally recognised government for more than a decade.

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Yemen’s civil war began over a decade ago in 2014, when rebels seized control of the capital Sanaa and much of the north.

This forced the government to flee south, and then to Saudi Arabia.

A Saudi-led coalition entered the war in March 2015, backed at the time by the US, in an effort to restore the government.

The war has killed more than 150,000 people, including civilians and fighters.

In recent years it has largely deteriorated into a stalemate and caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.