Six killed in Mongolia gas explosion 

Six people have been killed and 14 injured in a gas explosion caused by a vehicle crash in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar.

The Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency said on its website a truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas collided with a car and exploded in the early hours of Wednesday.

“According to preliminary results, three people died in the fire,” NEMA said, adding that three firefighters had also been killed while 14 people had been sent for medical treatment.

Ten of those were taken for treatment for burns, while one child was being treated for poisoning and three other infants were being cared for.

Rescue teams were dispatched to the scene and the fire had been extinguished, it added.

Images shared by NEMA showed emergency services at the scene of the fire early morning as huge flames engulfed the street.