In the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir there were 2 powerful explosions, but the reason is not in Russian missiles – a warehouse with fertilizers exploded.
Local telegram channels write that this is not connected with military operations. The air forces of Ukraine also did not record missiles. At the same time, local residents indicate Selitra warehousehinting at a similar story in Beirut.
Information about the explosion was confirmed by the National Police. Investigators and emergency services work on the spot. The National Police also specified that the exact place of the explosion is still installed.
Burning houses next to the place of explosion. Some are destroyed by an explosive wave.
A large number of wounded. About 20 ambulance brigades went to the place of the explosion near Zhytomyr: the director of the “Center for Emergency Medical Assistance and Disaster Medicine” of the Zhytomyr Regional Council Viktor Grinev announced this.
The head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration Vitaly Bunechko said that as a result of the explosion Two people were killed, 15 were injured.
“In addition, private households are damaged. The operational headquarters are deployed. All services are working. All the necessary assistance is provided to the victims. Minimum travel is provided on the international highway. I call people who planned the M-06 highway today, by the end of the day to travel past the Zhytomyr, while the operational-search brigade will work”
Zhytomyr Regional Center for Control and Prevention of Diseases due to the fire arising from the explosion, provided recommendations To prevent the possible negative impact of atmospheric air on the health of the population.
Zhytomyr City Council reported The specified information that the explosion did not occur at the gas station, but at the other, nearby located near the highway in the direction of Kyiv, along the ring road near the village of Berezin.
In a commentary to public TV, the rural head of Glubochitsky, Sergei Sokalsky, said that the explosion occurred in the village of Berezina in a production warehouse of one of the industrial enterprises.
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