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14:15, 27-Sep-2017
Explosions rock major military warehouse in Ukraine
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A series of explosions ripped through a major military warehouse in Ukraine's central Vinnytsya region on Tuesday, forcing mass evacuation and disrupting traffic, authorities said.
At least two people were injured in the explosions.
According to the Interior Ministry, the blasts ripped through the arms storage facility near the town of Kalynivka, some 250 km southwest of capital Kiev, at about 9:50 p.m. local time (1850 GMT), forcing the evacuation of 24,000 people in the town and the surrounding villages.
According to local media, the warehouse near Kalynivka contains about 188,000 tons of army ammunition.
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