Thursday, June 4, 2015

Urman Residents returned to their homes, fire fighting continued – RIA Novosti

UVA, June 4 – RIA Novosti, Ramil Salikhov. The night at the site of emergency in the village of Urman Bashkiria, near which on Wednesday lit warehouse of gunpowder in the territory of the former military base, was calm, evacuees returned in their homes, he told RIA Novosti source in the village administration.

On Wednesday, there was a fire in the vicinity of the village of Urman iglinsky district – lit dry grass and a warehouse of gunpowder. Explosions were heard on liquidation of consequences of the accident rescue officers arrived. Volga Regional Emergency Center has named the cause of the fire at the military unit 67684 – careless handling of gunpowder for disposal, which is conducted by “Vtormetall.” According to military prosecutors, the grass could ignite due to dry and hot weather, or may be guilty of this illegal scrap collectors, who were seen in a protected area on Wednesday morning. Warehouses are located on the outskirts of the village, which is inhabited by 2.68 thousand (1,050 homes). The population of the village has been fully evacuated to temporary shelters. By evening, people began to return home.

“With the onset of daylight, rescuers resumed work on eliminating. Open burning is not, there is smoke. The night passed quietly, without incident. There were no casualties,” – the source told RIA Novosti.

He said that the people who were evacuated on Wednesday, almost all returned to their homes.

According to the Volga Regional Emergency Center, the site of the fire are more than 170 rescue workers and law enforcement officers, 70 pieces of equipment . In place of the operative group arrived PRC Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia under the leadership of Acting Chief Andrei Kovtun. Demining territory here expect mobile complexes “El 10″ and “Luf-60″.

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