ABADAN, Turkmenistan (Reuters) - Residents who fled powerful explosions in a Turkmenistan town were cautiously returning home on Friday, amid conflicting reports of what caused the mysterious blasts and how much damage they did.
The Foreign Ministry of the reclusive former Soviet republic, Central Asia's biggest natural gas producer, said hot weather had detonated fireworks at a storage facility in Abadan on Thursday but there had been no casualties.
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