The most violent explosions shook the streets and neighborhoods of the capital, Sanaa, which is under the control of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, following the explosion of stored gas cylinders on Thursday evening. in a black market for the sale of oil and gas affiliated with the militias.

Eyewitnesses and local residents of Sana’a said the explosion caused by stored domestic gas cylinders in a leader of the Houthi militia in Khawlan Street, caused a large fire in the houses and shops located near the “Majal Al-Dimma Cemetery”, which caused a state of panic and panic among the residents.

They reported that civil protection ambulances and firefighters rushed into the area in an attempt to save the people and their property that were in danger due to the greed of the Houthis who engage in this dangerous trade in the streets and neighborhoods of the city, which is already suffering from a suffocating crisis of oil and gas derivatives, and the residents accuse the Houthi militia of manufacturing them at benefit of those black markets.

Sources of media Yemenis confirmed that violent explosions continued until the time of writing, with gas cylinders randomly flying over citizens’ homes.

He stressed that the Civil Protection was not in able to contain the situation after the situation got out of control at the site of the explosions.

The number of fatalities, injuries and material losses caused by the fire is not yet known.

Iranian-backed Houthi militias stock domestic gas and oil products in large quantities in warehouses located in residential neighborhoods, regardless of property damage private of citizens.