Near Vinnitsa burning ammunition depots: people evacuated

In Vinnytsia region there was a fire and explosions at ammunition depots of the military unit. About it LIGA.net eyewitnesses reported the incident.

The military part is located in the village of Kalinovka (about 20 km from Vinnitsa).

According to local portal myvin, the road from Vinnitsa in the direction of villages Stryzhivka and Kalinovka is blocked.

In social networks report that burning 48 the Arsenal of the defense Ministry military unit A-1119. The Arsenal is stored 188 thousand tons of ammunition (10 thousand conventional cars) in the area of 60 hectares. Among them, the missiles systems of volley fire Tornado, Hurricane and Hail.

It is also reported that began a partial evacuation of the population.

As reported in Facebook journalist Yuri Butusov, burning the largest warehouses of the armed forces.

“Explosions heard in the city, well-marked expansion of ammunition after the blasts. The warehouse in the village has a total area of over 1000 hectares and is Packed with ammunition of various types. Store open, standards warehouse load exceeded several times,” he says.

“It was our second most important ammunition warehouse after Blakley”, – Butusov notes.

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