The shocking moment when an arsenal explodes in Siberia

Some of the wounded suffered serious burns. The columns of smoke and glowing sediment, triggered by the fire of the military arsenal of Achinsk, in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, were visible for miles and flooded the social media networks. images taken by locals.

Impossible even to silence the accident. In addition, the authorities had to evacuate more than 16,000 people, including thousands of children accommodated in a holiday camp located in the region.

"According to preliminary investigations," said the Russian investigation committee, " "A fire was checked for a reason still unknown when loading the ammunition: firefighters who arrived at the scene tried to extinguish the flames but the ammunition began to explode uncontrollably."

Then hell. The authorities had to close the airspace and rail traffic, in addition to blocking the surrounding streets. Moscow sent two fire fighting trains to support the firefighters and the army intervened its specialized robots.

In the end, 10 heavy transport aircraft and 8 helicopters were used to control the fire and explosions in order to bring down the water on the tank.

The "red zone" – stretching a radius of 20 kilometers – also affected the Rusal factory (the largest aluminum producer in the world outside of China), which declared suspending activities from his factory in Achinsk and evacuate all his premises. personal, except the essential, to ensure safety.

The refinery of Rosneft, the Russian oil giant, has not suffered any interruption of its services (30 kilometers from the deposit).

This is not the first time that a fire broke out in an ammunition depot of the army and Defense Minister, Serghei Shoigu, sent his vice, Dmitry Bulgakov, to the scene last Monday to learn about the dynamics of the incident.

According to Bulgakov, the most credible hypothesis to date is that of "human error".