In gas-rich Kazakhstan, many rely on lethal cylinders
The blast has renewed scrutiny of aging cylinders as officials say about 350,000 Soviet-era units remain in circulation.
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AlKhaleej TodayKazakhstan’s gas dilemma: Why millions still depend on ageing cylinders despite vast reserves
SHCHUCHINSK, July 11 — The last thing Zarina Giyassova recalls before she lost consciousness in a deadly gas explosion was people “burning and screaming” in the inferno unleashed by the blast.Giyassova suffered burns to 65 per cent of her body when a gas cylinder blast ripped through a building in the northern Kazakhstan town of Shchuchinsk this year, killing 12 people.The tragedy has reignited a debate on the domestic energy difficulties that p…
In gas-rich Kazakhstan, many rely on lethal cylinders
Giyassova suffered burns to 65 percent of her body when a gas cylinder blast ripped through a building in the northern Kazakhstan town of Shchuchinsk this year, killing 12 people. The tragedy has reignited a debate on the domestic energy difficulties that plague the former Soviet republic. Despite sitting on vast natural gas reserves, Kazakhstan's distribution network is fragmented, forcing a third of its 20 million people to rely on gas cylinde…
"I woke up in the hospital. I was like a mummy, completely bandaged from head to toe. It's indescribable, the pains were unbearable," told the 32-year-old AFP, who was burned at 65%.This evening in February,...
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