20 soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at an army base in Cambodia’s west on Saturday. The blast at the army base in Kampong Speu province also wounded several others. It was not clear what caused the explosion.

According to the Cambodian army, the incident was a warehouse ammunition explosion, that had destroyed a truck fully loaded with weaponry. An office building as well as nearby barracks were destroyed, with 25 nearby homes also battered by the resulting explosion.