There was a serious explosion at an airbase in South Korea, the closest army base to the border with North Korea.
Footage launched on social media on Wednesday reveals big flames over the Gangneung Air Base, about 170km from Seoul.
Early reviews counsel it was brought on by an accident.
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9 Newspapers North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw instructed Right now this morning the explosion got here at a time of excessive tensions on the Korean peninsula.
"In the meanwhile we have not been in a position to confirm the unique footage and US State Division spokesperson has additionally obtained no new data but on the trigger or the veracity of the explosion.
"It's extremely a lot a growing state of affairs."
It comes after the North Korean regime yesterday fired an unidentified ballistic missile over the Korean peninsula.
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