New explosions in Siberia rip off ammunition depot
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Two new explosions ripped through an ammunition depot at a Russian military facility in eastern Siberia on Friday, injuring eight people, according to state-run news agency TASS. A fire also broke out at the storage depot, located near the city of Achinsk.
TASS reported that the Russian Defense Ministry said lightning was the cause of the explosion and that the nearby village of Kamenka was being evacuated.
The authority in the Krasnoyarsk Territory said that there had been explosions during a de-mining operation, which resulted in servicemen being injured. The blasts took place “during mine clearance and the emergency response in Kamenka” and “resulted in five employees being injured and a car damaged,” it said in a statement.
National media reports said the number of people injured was at least nine.
Residents of the nearby village of Kamenka were evacuated, the press service of the authority wrote in a statement posted to their website. Eleven buses were sent to the area to evacuate people.
The explosions come days after massive blasts ripped through the same site on Monday.
Thousands of people were evacuated and air traffic was suspended near the munitions site, according to the Associated Press.
The incident on Monday killed one and injured 13 others.
