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“Residents are being evacuated from more than 10 nearby settlements within a 5 km radius,” the ministry told Interfax.
Later, the ministry clarified that more than 1.6 thousand people had been evacuated from 14 settlements. people.
According to officials, the highway connecting Moscow to the Caspian Sea has been closed; Dozens of firefighters, a fire engine, an Il-76 plane and a Mi-8 helicopter, as well as other special teams, were dispatched to the scene.
The Minister of Emergency Situations, Yevgeny Zinichev, also went to the scene of the incident.
It is reported that the fire in the warehouse area was caused by the ignition of dry vegetation and that the explosions destroyed the explosions. The fire is suspected to have been intentionally set.
At least six people were injured in the fire and explosions.
“Three more people, two men and one woman, have been hospitalized at the Riasksk District Hospital,” an administration official told Interfax.
He added that the condition of these individuals was moderate.
Three other victims have previously been reported.
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