A tanker blast in Kazakhstan damages 20 buildings and 10 vehicles

A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire after a road accident in downtown Almaty, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. A multi-story apartment building caught fire in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan after a road accident, on Thursday, June 27. According to witnesses, the fire is a result of a petrol tank lorry that exploded near Rixos hotel at the crossing killing one person and destroying 20 apartments. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Sergey Khodanov>

A building is flamed by a nearby explosion of a tanker in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 27, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis>

Fire fighters try to extinguish a fire in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 27, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis>