DHAKA: A series of explosions rocked an arms depot in Yemen’s second city of Aden Saturday, killing at least 14 people as looters swarmed the facility.

Witnesses and an official said this which reports the NDTV.

The blasts were heard across the city and pillars of smoke rose from the depot, where looting had broken out a day earlier.

The depot is at the foot of Jabal Hadid mountain overlooking the port, and a large amount of weapons dating back to the Soviet era were stored in a cave there.

Troops guarding the depot abandoned their posts this week after their commanders fled as chaos tightened its grip on the war-torn country.

Houses shook, windows were shattered and several nearby buildings were destroyed in Saturday's explosions, residents said.

“We have so far retrieved 14 charred bodies,” health department director Al-Kheder Lassouar said.

“We have information that there are more bodies inside that we were not able to reach” as smoke engulfed the area, he added.

BDST: 0858 HRS, MAR 29, 2015