Pyro inferno rages for minutes: Car crashes into truck full of fireworks - four dead

Vozhayevka (Russia) - A woman crashed her Toyota into a truck full of fireworks. Seconds later, disaster struck. Four people did not survive the accident.

The purest inferno!
The purest inferno!  © VK/ Nadezhda Verkhoturova-Batorshina

Inferno on the Amur highway!

A terrible catastrophe occurred on Thursday evening (local time) on the important traffic artery in the sparsely populated Russian Far East.

At kilometer 1476, at a petrol station near the village of Vozhayevka, a woman crashed her Toyota Prius into a truck carrying a large quantity of fireworks, reports the RBC broadcaster.

The force of the impact caused the truck to tip on its side and catch fire. The disaster took its course.

For minutes, the highway was shaken by a firework display of horror. The rescue workers who rushed to the scene could only watch as the inferno raged. Both the truck and the Toyota caught fire and burned out completely.

Video: Fireworks of horror rage on Russian highway

Pictures: Accident near Voszhayevka

A passer-by watches the catastrophe unfolding before his eyes in disbelief.
A passer-by watches the catastrophe unfolding before his eyes in disbelief.  © VK/ Nadezhda Verkhoturova-Batorshina
The fireworks truck tipped onto its side and burned out completely.
The fireworks truck tipped onto its side and burned out completely.  © Katastrophenschutzministerium der Russischen Föderation
The occupants of the Toyota Prius did not survive.
The occupants of the Toyota Prius did not survive.  © Katastrophenschutzministerium der Russischen Föderation/Oblast Amur

Four people dead after pyro accident on highway

Fortunately, the fire was prevented from spreading to the nearby petrol station. However, the unfortunate driver and her two children (11, 8) did not survive the accident, according to the emergency services.

They were burnt beyond recognition. Another person, whose identity has not yet been established, is also among the dead. The driver of the pyro truck, however, survived the accident with serious injuries and was taken to hospital.

According to media reports, the truck was carrying Chinese-made fireworks and was on its way to Moscow. The reasons for the accident are now to be clarified.

Dramatic incidents involving fireworks occur time and again. Like at the beginning of this year, when an illegal fireworks factory in Thailand exploded, killing 23 workers.