A hearth at a petroleum station in Dagestan, Russia has killed 27 individuals together with three youngsters.

The blaze began at a automotive restore store on the roadside of a freeway in Dagestan capital Makhachkala earlier than spreading to a close-by petrol station, officers mentioned.

Footage posted on-line confirmed a one-storey constructing ablaze.

"It's like a war here," a witness to the hearth within the southern Russian area.

The variety of individuals injured rose to 66, 10 of whom are in a important situation, the Russian deputy well being minister Vladimir Fisenko mentioned.

Thirteen of the wounded are youngsters, in keeping with the Dagestan well being ministry.

It took fireplace fighters greater than three and a half hours to place out the hearth that unfold into an space of 600 sq. meters, TASS reported, citing an announcement from the Russian emergency service.