doublelongdaddy
05-11-04, 09:56 PM
Soviet ammo dump fire still raging
BBC |
"Explosions are still going off at an arms dump in south-east Ukraine more than four days after it caught fire. Five people were killed and thousands evacuated from a 10km radius of the base where almost 300,000 tons of ammunition was stored... the ammunition store, which caught fire near Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhya region, was loaded beyond capacity with mines, rockets, grenades and cartridges as well as 'quite serious missiles and quite dangerous pieces of munitions there.' ... the area around the military base resembles a war zone and minor explosions are still being heard about every 15 minutes."
BBC |
"Explosions are still going off at an arms dump in south-east Ukraine more than four days after it caught fire. Five people were killed and thousands evacuated from a 10km radius of the base where almost 300,000 tons of ammunition was stored... the ammunition store, which caught fire near Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhya region, was loaded beyond capacity with mines, rockets, grenades and cartridges as well as 'quite serious missiles and quite dangerous pieces of munitions there.' ... the area around the military base resembles a war zone and minor explosions are still being heard about every 15 minutes."