Russian Defense Ministry lists human error as cause of Achinsk ammo depot explosions

MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed that one person died in the fire and explosions at a military storage facility in Krasnoyarsk Region’s Achinsk District.

"One person died, eight people suffered bodily injuries of different severity," the committee’s press service told TASS.

On Monday afternoon, a storage facility containing powder charges for artillery ammunition caught fire at a military unit of the Central Military District in the Krasnoyarsk Region’s Achinsk District. The evacuation of residents from communities located within a 20-kilometer zone from the accident’s epicenter was announced.