The death toll rises to 33 in the Siberian ammunition depot

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The number of people injured by the explosion of an ammunition depot in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, has risen to 33, the Russian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.

In a statement released Monday by the Russian News Agency (TASS), the ministry said: "The total number of injured in the ammunition explosion on the territory of a military unit near the village from Kamenka, in the region of Achainsky, has risen to 33 people ".

During the first series of explosions, 15 people were injured, one of them died on the spot, 6 others were transported to the hospital and 18 others were injured during the second series of explosions on August 9, and 7 of them were transported to the hospital and 3 people are still inside Hospital and 5 others in hospitals in the Krasnoyarsk region.

On August 5, a fire and a series of explosions were reported in an ammunition depot belonging to a military unit in the Achensk region, in the western Krasnoyarsk region, in which the state of emergency has been declared. Deposition of ammunition explosions in the evening of 9 August;