In another message, the governor indicated that firefighters were working to put out the fire and that two warehouse employees were injured.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations affirmed on its side that 170 rescuers intervened at the scene, the AFP, Europa Press and Sputnik news agencies reported.
The ministry released a video showing firefighters in thermal suits putting out the flames. He said he had been warned of the fire at 5:51 (23:51 in Argentina) and confirmed the balance of two wounded.
The energy giant Rosneft, which owns the deposit, informed the Russian agencies that it evacuated its personnel at the site.
On the other hand, the director of a printing company near Belgorod, Konstantin Lakhnov, assured that his company was hit by fire from helicopters.
“Helicopters fired rockets at us… the windows are damaged, the equipment is destroyed or damaged… the roof is damaged,” he told the state agency TASS.
After the attack, local media reported queues of vehicles at service stationsbut Energy Minister Nikolai Shulguinov assured that there would be no shortage of fuel.
Videos, allegedly recorded in Belgorod, were circulated on social networks showing a helicopter launching missiles, and then the explosion.
The Belgorod authorities proceeded to relocate the residents of three streets closest to the depot to safer places. Mayor Anton Ivanov said that buses are already waiting for them in the area, and that everything they need will be provided.
On Wednesday, explosions were recorded at an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region, without the Russian authorities clearly explaining the reason for the incident.
Belgorod is located about 80 kilometers north of Kharkov, a large Ukrainian city under attack by Russian forces since the start of the Kremlin offensive.
On February 25 – the day after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine – local and Ukrainian media reported an attack by Ukraine on a Russian air base near Rostov, without there being any official confirmation of this fact.
Source: Ambito
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