An airstrike at a weapons cache in Sanaa, Yemen, caused a massive explosion in the capital city on Monday, damaging residential buildings as the blast rocked the city.
The Saudi-led strikes targeting Iran-allied Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, began last month, but Monday's explosion is said to be the largest yet.
Footage from Sanaa shows shockwaves from the blast rattling the area of Faj Attan on the outskirts of the city. A large cloud of smoke and debris was seen hanging over the area that houses one of the nation's largest weapons caches.
Ammar Al-Aulaqi, a Sanaa resident who was nearby at the time of the attack, told Mashable his apartment was severely damaged by the blast and that the explosion shattered windows on the opposite side of the city.
"The house has been shaking for the past three weeks, but this time it felt like a missile exploded inside the building," Al-Aulaqi said on Monday. "The door was shut by the blast and I couldn't open it due to the pressure difference. Then I started hearing the people screaming all around."
"I saw women not wearing hijabs, which is not common in Yemen, running out with their babies trying to get a ride out," he added.
The mother of all explosions. My apartment destroyed. pic.twitter.com/6uSUFRvMm9— Ammar Al-Aulaqi (@ammar82) April 20, 2015
The Houthis' official TV network al-Masirah said Mohammed Shamsan, a TV presenter for another network, was killed and that members of his crew were wounded in the blast. The network claimed 10 were killed and dozens injured, though those numbers have not been confirmed.
I was less than 1km away from the center. Gladly my kids were away. I got injured lightly from the glass. #warlife pic.twitter.com/ZGXlvBiRR5— Ammar Al-Aulaqi (@ammar82) April 20, 2015
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tweeted photos from their office in Hadda, a community just south of Faj Attan where the explosion occurred, that showed shattered windows. MSF has been providing humanitarian aid to Yemeni civilians caught in the crossfire.
MSF offices in Hadda-Sanaa were affected by the huge explosion that took place about 1 hour ago #Sanaa #YemenCrisis pic.twitter.com/IHtKmpzd6U— أطباء بلا حدود-اليمن (@msf_yemen) April 20, 2015
Exclusive picture of the moment of Attan explosion by AW from the Social Fund for Development building. #Sanaa #Yemen pic.twitter.com/hXeb0CRR59— Mohammed Al-Asaadi (@alasaadim) April 20, 2015
Saudi Arabia and its allied countries began launching airstrikes on March 26 in a bid to roll back the rebels' gains, who seized Sanaa in September and have overrun large parts of the country assisted by security forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Western governments and Sunni Arab countries say the Houthis get their arms from Iran. Iran and the rebels deny those accusations, though the country has provided political and humanitarian support to the group.
Some information in this report is provided by The Associated Press.