In the early hours of Tuesday, August 16, an ammunition explosion occurred in northern Crimea. TASS referring to the administration of the rural settlement of Maysky, not far from the emergency.
According to local authorities, the ammunition exploded around 6:00 (Moscow time), local authorities reported that about 2,000 people were evacuated from the village of Maiskoye in the Dzhankoy district.
DEA News” reports that the evacuation of the population continues. According to the agency, the fire broke out at a substation.
The Russian Defense Ministry said there were “no serious casualties” in the incident.
“A fire broke out on the territory of the temporary ammunition storage site of one of the military units in the Mayskoye region of Crimea.
It was stated that as a result of the fire in the ammunition storage area in Dzhanköy, no one was seriously injured and measures were taken to extinguish the fire.
Crimean President Sergei Aksyonov, who went to the scene, said the following about the two injured civilians:
“There are two victims among the civilian population, nothing that threatens their lives.
Residents of the area are evacuated to ensure the safety of those who were removed from the five-kilometer zone. The Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian Guard, emergency services are involved. I ask you to trust only official information, ”he emphasized, promising to provide up-to-date data on his Telegram channel.
It was reported that some villagers also left their homes in cars. For those who cannot go on their own, the authorities will provide buses.
Later, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation said that the fire at the substation in the north of Crimea was localized.
Aksenov also said that the leadership of the Crimean Railway decided to stop passenger trains at Vladislavovka station due to damage to the railway tracks. Passengers will be transferred to buses and taken to the nearest bus stations.
Explosion in Novofedorovka
Recall exactly a week ago, on August 9, at the site of the Russian military airbase near the village of Novofedorovka in the Crimea. There was a series of explosions. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the ammunition was detonated on the territory of the Saki airfield. Local authorities then evacuated citizens.
According to eyewitnesses, the first explosion was heard around 15:00 local time and the subsequent explosions lasted for about an hour. Local residents also said they saw black smoke rising from the Russian military airbase.
According to the latest data, 14 people were injured, two of them children. One person died.
Several dozen apartments and private residential buildings, about 20 commercial properties were damaged. The municipality declared a state of emergency in the region and a criminal case was opened. There is a damage assessment commission in Novofedorovka.
According to military experts, the incident may have been the result of sabotage, spontaneous combustion factors or criminal negligence.
Against this background, the Federal Air Transport Agency extended the flight restriction to 11 airports in Russia until August 23. Carriers still cannot set flight schedules to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista.
The situation in Crimea is complicated not only by the absence of air transport, but also by a high level of terrorist threat. At the same time, the head of the region, Sergei Aksenov, declared that “there is no mass tourist departure from the peninsula”.