Arys residents begin returning home after explosion

This morning residents of Kazakhstan’s Arys have begun to return to their homes, head of Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev said.

"The work on cleaning the streets and disinfecting the territory is finished. Residents are returning via bus convoys. Some 640 specialists were assigned with helping residents when returning back home," Trend cited Shukeyev as saying.

Furthermore, 160 special teams will come from all around the country to help reconstructs homes of Arys residents.

"The situation in Arys is absolutely under control. The fire was put out. There is nothing to worry about," the report reads.

On June 24, an explosion occurred at an ammunition depot near the Kazakh town of Arys. Following the blast, the state of emergency was declared. Mass evacuation of nearly 45,000 people living in the area was initiated. Groups of rescuers, teams of doctors and surgeons were dispatched to the city.