Explosions disrupt peace in Sana’a, no causalities reported [Archives:2007/1056/Local News]
SANA'A, June 3 ) A number of explosions, took place Thursday afternoon, caused public panic in Mount Nuqum area in Sana'a. Flames and smoke were seen high in the sky until fire brigades rushed to the location after a while.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the explosions, which took place at one of the military weapons storage location in the mountain, east of Sana'a, are attributed to the improper storing methodology of the weapons.
Initial investigations indicated that the weapons were obsolete and were stored for a long time inside small cavities in the mountain. The ministry stated that the weapons date back to the Othman and Imamic times and the ammunition was stored in unprofessional random manner where explosives were stored along with mines, ammunition, and different weapons.
In a statement through the 26th of September official website, the ministry went on further details about the explosion story saying that negligence, long duration of storing the weapons, lack of maintenance, constant rains and floods coming from the overlooking mountain Nuqum since a very long time, and falling of rocks due to the rains are the main causes of the accidental explosion.
However, the statements didn't report any causalities but it called for reviewing and reorganizing the storing policy for these out of date weapons in a way to avoid such catastrophe. It called for a serious strategy to get ride of these out of use old weapons.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first accident to happen in a military store as a similar explosion took place in Aden last September in Jabal Hadid Area, which led to the killing of two women and injuring another one. The accident which caused public panic and fear among citizens around the military facility forced the ministry of defense to undertake urgent measures to enforce a plan to get rid of the remaining weapons in Jabal Hadid.
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