A fire caused by a burst gas pipe spread to several homes and sent a fireball soaring into the sky outside Malaysia’s largest city Tuesday, injuring more than 100 people.

A burst gas pipe sent a column of flame shooting skyward in a suburb outside Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, prompting evacuations of nearby homes. The towering inferno near a gas station in Putra Heights in central Selangor state was visible for kilometers.

A massive fire resulting due to a leak in a gas pipeline has engulfed the outskirts of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, injuring more than 100 people. Selangor’s chief minister said 82 people had been rescued already.