THIS is the terrifying moment a petrol station is engulfed in flames after a devastating fireball blast.
Four people died after a gas cylinder is believed to have caught on fire with footage showing a horror inferno as locals ran for their lives.
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Footage from Dagestan, Russia, shows the gas station up in flames with black clouds of smoke billowing through the air.
As the initial fireball raged on, a second, far more devastating blast erupted as the remaining gas cylinders and pumps all exploded.
Video filmed by a terrified local shows much of the village of Sulevkent in the Khasavyurt district attacked by a bright orange flash as the second blast hits.
The deafening sound of the inferno was met with the sight of debris flying through the air.
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Residents who had left their homes to watch the initial explosion were quickly sent running for their lives as the second blast rang out.
The apocalyptic scenes were said to have been visible from several kilometers away, locals said.
Emergency services rushed to the scene to extinguish multiple fires which continued to burn for some time.
Four people were found and rushed to a nearby hospital with severe burns.
They all tragically died from their injuries.
Officials determined the initial explosion was caused by the depressurisation of a gas cylinder during refuelling operations, according to preliminary reports.
The gas station was left decimated alongside the adjacent service station and food vendors.
The Dagestan prosecutor’s office is now conducting an investigation into the incident.
It comes less than a year after another petrol station explosion killed 13 people and injured 23 just outside the Dagistani capital of Makhachkala.
Two children were among the casualties, authorities confirmed.
Horrifying video showed the enormous explosion – which then hurled a fuel tank 1,000ft towards a high rise block.
Locals claimed the blast was so strong that the ground shook like in an earthquake.
In August 2023, a third massive blast at a gas station in Dagestan killed 35 people and injured 115 more.
The fire started at a car repair shop before engulfing the nearby Nafta 24 filling station – sending it up in flames before triggering a giant explosion.
It took firefighters more than three and a half hours to put out the blaze as it spread to an area of 600 square metres, TASS reports.
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