Thousands evacuated as explosions spark fire at arms depot

2018-10-09 1

More than 12,000 people are evacuated after ammunition stored at an arms depot in northern Ukraine began exploding sparking a huge fire, authorities say. Security services say they were investigating "possible sabotage" in the incident at a defence ministry depot near the village of Druzhba, in the northern Chernigiv region around 135 kilometres (85 miles) northeast of Kiev.