Powder charges
stopped detonating after 05:00 Moscow time, according to the Russian Defense
Ministry.
MOSCOW, August 6.
/TASS/. The fire at an ammunition depot in the Krasnoyark Region’s Achinsky
District has been extinguished, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on
Tuesday.
"The fire at an
ammunition depot of the Central Military District in the Krasnoyarsk Region’s
Achinsky District has been fully extinguished. Powder charges stopped
detonating after 05:00 Moscow time," the ministry said.
According to the
Defense Ministry, Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft and Mil Mi-8
helicopters began dropping water to prevent the spread of fire.
Earlier on Tuesday,
the ministry reported that an Il-76 aircraft had conducted reconnaissance in
the Achinsk area to evaluate the possibility of using aircraft to drop water in
the area where the fire had occurred.
On Monday afternoon,
a storage facility containing powder charges for artillery ammunition ignited
at a military unit of the Central Military District in the Krasnoyarsk Region’s
Achinsky District. Evacuation of locals from settlements within a 20-kilometer
zone from the accident’s epicenter started.
The number of people
wounded in the explosions at an ammunition depot in the Krasnoyark Region’s
Achinsky District has climbed to 13. A woman who sustained light wounds sought
medical attention, a source in the Achinsk Central District Hospital informed
TASS.
"A woman sought
medical attention an hour ago. [She] refused to be hospitalized," the source
said.
A source in the
emergency services earlier reported one fatality, but the Defense Ministry
denied that.
Source: ITAR-TASS
06-08-2019
