Svatovo is on fire: traffic to Kharkov has been cancelled, you can’t get closer than half a kilometer to the city, people are being evacuated to neighboring areas
About 200 people were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot in the town of Svatovo in the Kiev-controlled part of the former Luhansk region.
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According to Kiev-appointed governor Georgy Tuka, all people were evacuated to the neighboring Kremensky district.
“You can’t get closer than 500 m to Svatovo. Two houses are on fire. People are being taken out towards Troitsky and Kremennaya; those who can, hide in the basement,” the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.
At the moment, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and military personnel, instead of with rescuers, are working to localize the fire along the perimeter, which is hampered by renewed shell explosions. Entries into the city are limited to ensure safety.
And Gromadske TV, citing Tuka’s deputy Yuri Klimenko, reports that more than 30 houses were damaged as a result of a fire and ammunition explosions at a military warehouse in Svatove.
“Nine five-story buildings, six four-story buildings, and 20 three-story buildings were damaged in the city,” he said.
According to him, one of the shells fell on the railway tracks 24 kilometers from the village, as a result of which the movement of trains in the direction of Kharkov was suspended.
As PolitNavigator previously reported, more than 30 residential buildings were damaged as a result of a fire and ammunition explosions at a military warehouse in the city of Svatovo. According to the latest data. As a result of the incident, two people were killed and three were injured.
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