October 11, 2018 (Kyiv Post) As of
4.00 p.m. on Oct. 10, the liquidation of fires in the warehouses of the sixth
arsenal of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry in Ichnia district, Chernihiv region, was
continuing, with pyrotechnic experts demining four settlements in the district,
the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said. “To carry
out work at the scene, 21 pyrotechnic squads totaling 110 persons and 40 pieces
of equipment began work on demining four settlements, namely: Ichnia,
Avhustivka village, Druzhba village, Hmyrianka village,” the service said. Pyrotechnic
units responded to 54 reports of explosive objects found by the local
population (432 explosive objects).
In total, more than 1,000 people and
216 units of equipment, including 260 people and 75 units of equipment and two
An-32P aircraft from the State Emergency Service, were involved in rescue and
other urgent work in the emergency area. “As of 4.00 p.m. on October 10, the
State Emergency Service of Ukraine carried out aerial reconnaissance of the
technical territory of the arsenal and carried out 15 water discharges (120
tonnes),” the service said. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said that as of 16.30 on
the technical territory of the arsenal, there are three engineering vehicles
and nine GPM-54 fire tanks, as well as 15 fire trucks from the units involved
in fire suppression. Two An-32P airplanes from the State Emergency Service
carried out 18 water discharges.
A shell-hole is seen on a road on the outskirt of the evacuated town of
Ichnya, some 7 km from epicenter of explosions at the an ammunition depot in
Ukraine's northern Chernihiv Region on Oct. 9. Photo by AFP
In addition, two engineering
vehicles, four fire brigades of Ukraine’s Armed Forces were involved in
extinguishing fires. They used 12 tank trucks of the State Emergency Service to
fill them with water. As earlier reported, information about explosions at the
sixth arsenal of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry was received at 03.30 a.m. on Oct.
9 morning. More than 12,000 people were evacuated and airspace within a 30
kilometer radius has been closed. Railway and road traffic near the ammunition
depot was blocked. No casualties have been reported.
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