Explosions at the Saki military airfield in the village of Novofedorovka in the Crimea annexed by Russia are called by the emergency situation of the municipal scale, the head of the peninsula Sergey Aksenov said Moscow.
“The emergency situations of the municipal scale are recognized. The number of residents who are placed at temporary accommodation points are 252 people,” Aksenova quoted the Air Force.
According to him, as a result of the explosions, more than 60 apartment buildings and 20 commercial objects were damaged.
A series of explosions in the territory of the Saki military airfield, which is operating the Russian Ministry of Defense, thundered on the afternoon of August 9. As a result, according to official figures of Russia, one person died, 14 were injured.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the cause of the explosions was non -compliance with fire safety rules.