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Under Ryazan, a ware of ammunition
The number of versions increases along with the number of generals arriving at the facility - the Skopinsky military town. On the territory of the military unit in the village of Shelemishevsky farm there was a fire, as a result of which shells began to explode. According to eyewitnesses, the fragments reached the kilometer of the R-22 Caspian federal highway, and the explosions were clearly heard not only in Skopin, but also in neighboring district centers-Ryazhsk, Pronsk and Starozhilov. The military town in the Skopinsky district was formed in 1938 (97th arsenal of the main missile-artillery administration) military unit 55443. There is a production at which they collected, and now explosive shells are dismantled.
Chronology of events
According to the press service of the Western Military District (Zvo), fire to the site where artillery shells were stored, spread from the tanned grass on October 7 at 13:20. The personnel and civilians from the facility were evacuated. The military claims that there are no threats to the nearest settlements. Although the explosions continue. 25 inhabitants of three kilometers of the village of Kuzminka-2 were evacuated.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies TASS reported that "evacuation passes from more than 10 nearby settlements within a radius of 5 km." Helicopters are involved for extinguishing the fire. The Ministry of Emergency Situations also made the IL-76 aircraft and a fire train. As of 15:00, up to 10 units of special military equipment, including two fire tanks, two special armored fire engines and five fire engines, as well as 70 troops, were involved in extinguishing. Traffic is blocked on a 11-kilometer section of the Caspian federal highway.
A source in emergency services of the region noted that the intensity of explosions of shells is once every 10 seconds.
From Ryazan, the head of the government apparatus of the Ryazan Region Vitaly Ignatenko and Vice-Governor Igor Grekov arrived at the place of emergency. He held an operational meeting with representatives of all responsible departments, the press service of the regional government said.
The evacuation of local residents is organized. First of all, 130 children were taken out.
In addition, in the Ryazhsky district, the evacuation of residents of the settlements of Lykovo, Nagornaya, Aleksandrovo, Chirkovo is being evacuated. People are placed in specially equipped centers of Skopinsky, Ryazhsky, Miloslavsky and Kralybinsky regions of the region. Reception centers are in schools.
Meanwhile, the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies Evgeny Zinichev flew into the Ryazan region, and followed by a helicopter of the Mi-8 Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, 50 people and the technique of the TsSOOR “Leader”. The group includes two pyrotechnic emergency rescue machines, specialists with a heavy-class robotics complex can fly to the place.
Around 17:00 a fire train arrived at the place of fire, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Specialists, after evaluating the characteristics of the fire on the ground together with the firefighting of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergencies, began to eliminate it. Four IL-76 military transport aircraft are ready to relocate from the Pskov and Tver regions. Aircraft are equipped with VAP-2 pouring aircraft.
“The Commission of the Ministry of Defense of Russia under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Dmitry Bulgakov flew to the Ryazan region to the place of emergency accident in the warehouse of storage of ammunition of the Western military district in the area of the village of Zhelotokhino,” the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. The commission includes specialists of the Main Mistress of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the headquarters of material and technical support.
“The military prosecutor's office of the Western Military District organized an audit of the execution of legislation on the safety of the life and health of military personnel, compliance with the rules of fire and explosion safety,” the department said.
In 13 settlements and the military unit, on the territory of which a fire occurred on October 7, gas was turned off. This was reported by Gazprom Gas Distribution of the Ryazan Region. The emergency dispatch service was transferred to a high-readiness regime.
Sapers' robots were sent to a burning military warehouse, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense said. 100 military engineers are also sent to the fire site. The detachment includes 15 units of military and special equipment.
Eyewitnesses tell
Residents of the village of Zheltokhino, located next to the military warehouse, spoke about the "current" five -story building. The video of their story is published by the Mash Telegram channel. “Our five -story building was the very first. When we left, we were already flying. We left the entrance - everything was dotted with glass. People walked some bloodied. It was scary to look at all this, ”recalls the heroine of the video. According to her, she did not even have time to take a passport from the apartment. Another local resident said that people “ran away themselves”, without waiting for them to be evacuated. According to the channel, the inhabitants of Zheltokhino took refuge 15 kilometers from the former military unit, in the Vosolebov rural school.
As a result of mass explosions, dozens of residential buildings are damaged by fragments, evacuated. Extinguishing is extremely difficult due to constant explosions and strong winds.
“Everything explodes, everything burns. The sight is not for the faint of heart. Without special ammunition, it is impossible to go to the territory of warehouses, ”an eyewitness told a“ new ”eyewitness.
As a result of the explosions, two people were hospitalized, TASS reports with reference to the representative of the reception department of the Skopinsky district hospital. “The [victims] act until two people. A woman in intensive care, we examine a man, ”said the medical institution. As we know, their condition is evaluated as severe and medium severity. The woman is severely visited by fragments. By 20:55, the number of victims increased to eight.
On the evening of October 7, another version of the fire appeared - a short circuit, Life reports with reference to its own sources. It impresses that the more shoulder straps with large stars arrive at the place of emergency, the more versions of the emergency. We did not receive the answer from whose territory (municipal or Ministry of Defense), we did not receive fire.
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It will not work to call an ongoing canonade in the Skopinsky district for a few hours. On October 7, a social disaster occurred in the Ryazan region on October 7. The political future of the Ryazan governor Nikolai Lyubimov will depend on how to deal with it, how promptly medical care will be provided to those in need, the housing for those who have lost the shelter and material payments.
Pavel Gres, "New Newspaper Ryazan"