According to Interfax agency, about 10,000 people have already been evacuated from the surrounding villages. Around 16:20, a school burned down in Fedorivka. Currently, all buildings within a 3 km radius of the epicenter have been destroyed. The emergency area is surrounded. An electric train has arrived at Fedorivka station to evacuate residents of villages that fell within the explosion zone. From the ammunition depot to the nearest village of Novobohdanivka, according to a source from Interfax agency, is about 4-5 km; from Novobohdanivka to Fedorivka station it is about 3 km. According to the agency, about 10,000 people have already been evacuated from the surrounding villages. By order of the neighboring Vasylivka district administration, the central district hospital of Vasylivka has now been prepared to receive victims. All children from Fedorivka have been evacuated to Myrne. Around 16:20, a school burned down in Fedorivka. Currently, all buildings within a 3 km radius of the epicenter have been destroyed. The emergency area is surrounded. As reported by the duty officer of the Emergency Situations Directorate in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, armored vehicles are now being prepared to reach the epicenter of the explosions. The situation so far does not allow measures to be taken to localize and extinguish the fire. Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex Andriy Klyuyev has departed from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where a fire is ongoing and shells are exploding at ammunition depots. The last major explosion at military depots occurred on October 10, 2003, in Artemivsk. According to the Ministry of Defense, Ukraine has more than 200,000 tons of ammunition subject to disposal. The Armed Forces have 82 depots of operational command troops and 138 military depots storing about 3 million tons of ammunition, with 200,000 tons of ammunition and 24,000 tons of missiles subject to disposal. According to preliminary data, there are three dead and one concussed among the population. According to Interfax-Ukraine agency, citing the head of the Health Care Directorate of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, head of the operational headquarters for eliminating medical consequences of the emergency, Zinaida Lashkul, these data are based on information from a preliminary survey of the territory around the burning depots that can be reached. She noted that the entire affected zone is currently inaccessible. The territory is being surveyed by local residents together with medics. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, one person died as a result of the explosions at military depots in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. "One representative of the 275th artillery ammunition storage base was killed," the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported. Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has taken the situation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast under his personal control. Kuchma instructed the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Defense to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the tragedy
In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 3 local residents and 1 serviceman died.
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