Balakliya ammunition depot explosion and fire: the cause of the incident became known

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«The Journalist» previously reported, explosions are heard again at military depots in Balakliya.

As The State Emergency Service of Ukraineinformed, at the former of a 65th arsenal in Balakliya the fire spread over an area of 35 hectares. Subsequent single explosions of ammunition were caused by the ignition of dry grass.

According to Stepan Maselsky, head of the Balaklia District State Administration, there is no ammunition dispatch beyond the technical territory of the arsenal.

In case the militaries did not cope with the liquidation of the fire, up to 100 buses were mobilized to resettle local residents, rescuers and medical workers.

The communication department of the National Police of Ukraine in the Kharkov region reported that there are not victims and destruction in a result of fire and detonation of ammunition of the arsenal in Balakliya.