1 / 8 A destroyed house is seen near the warehouse storing ammunition for multiple rocket launcher systems at a military base in Kalynivka, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
2 / 8 A man examines a car destroyed during explosions at a military depot near the Ukrainian town of Kalynivka, early on September 27, 2017. Ukranian authorities evacuated nearly 30,000 people September 27 from the central Vinnytsya region after a huge munitions depot caught fire and set off artillery shells and blasts prosecutors were treating as an act of "sabotage". It was the second major incident affecting a Ukrainian weapons storage site this year. Kiev blamed the first one in March on Moscow and its Russian-backed insurgents fighting Ukrainian forces in the war-wrecked east -- a charge both sides denied. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY
3 / 8 A resident evacuated from villages located near a military ammunitions depot that exploded is seen in the school gymnasium in Vinnytsia, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
4 / 8 Smoke and flames rise over a warehouse storing ammunition for multiple rocket launcher systems at a military base in the town of Kalynivka in Vinnytsia region, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
5 / 8 Residents evacuated from villages located near a military ammunitions depot that exploded are seen in the school gymnasium in Vinnytsia, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
6 / 8 A resident evacuated from villages located near a military ammunitions depot that exploded is seen in the school gymnasium in Vinnytsia, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
7 / 8 This photo taken on September 27, 2017 near Kalynivka shows explosions at a military munitions depot. Ukranian authorities evacuated nearly 30,000 people September 27 from the central Vinnytsya region after a huge munitions depot caught fire and set off artillery shells and blasts prosecutors were treating as an act of "sabotage". It was the second major incident affecting a Ukrainian weapons storage site this year. Kiev blamed the first one in March on Moscow and its Russian-backed insurgents fighting Ukrainian forces in the war-wrecked east -- a charge both sides denied. / AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY
8 / 8 A resident evacuated from villages located near a military ammunitions depot that exploded receives medical treatment in Vinnytsia, Ukraine September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Unas 30.000 personas fueron evacuadas hoy de varios pueblos situados en la región de Vinnytsia, al noroeste de Ucrania, debido a un incendio que afectó a uno de los mayores depósitos de municiones del país, según informaron medios locales.
El fuego, que comenzó en la noche del martes en la ciudad de Kalinivka por motivos que aún se desconocen, originó una serie de explosiones que han causado la pérdida de más del 10 % (18.800 toneladas) del arsenal militar allí almacenado, declaró el Estado Mayor.
A raíz del incendio dos personas resultaron heridas, aunque las lesiones no fueron graves, mientras que los evacuados fueron trasladados al hospital de Vinnystia y a varias escuelas de la provincia.
Según fuentes del Ministerio de Defensa de Ucrania, el depósito incendiado cuenta con unas 60 hectáreas y almacena aproximadamente 188.000 toneladas de municiones.
Los Servicios de Seguridad ucranianos están investigando las causas del incendio, aunque no descartan la posibilidad de que se trate de un "sabotaje" contra las Fuerzas Armadas del país.
Las autoridades locales bloquearon el tráfico en varias líneas ferroviarias así como en las carreteras que conectan esta región con la capital del país, y han ordenado también el cierre del espacio aéreo en un radio de cincuenta kilómetros de la zona del incendio.
Por su parte, el presidente ucraniano, Petró Poroshenko, convocó un gabinete militar de emergencia para evaluar lo sucedido.
Fuente: Con información de EFE
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