Russia ammunition stored near border catches fire, official blames heat

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Russia ammunition stored near border catches fire, official blames heat

Tue, August 23, 2022 at 3:51 PM·1 min read

(Reuters) - Ammunition being stored in southern Russia near the border with Ukraine caught fire on Tuesday, the second such incident in a week, and a local official said high temperatures were to blame.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod region, said people near the village of Timonovo were evacuated after the ammunition started to spontaneously combust. No one was injured, he said in a statement.

Last week inhabitants of Timonovo and Soloti, 15 km (9 miles) from Ukraine, were evacuated after a nearby ammunition storage depot caught fire. It was not clear from Gladkov's comments whether Tuesday's blaze had taken place in the same depot or among ammunition that had been moved.

Gladkov has in previous months blamed Ukrainian forces for a series of blasts in and around Belgorod, which is around 650 km (400 miles) south of Moscow.

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[bullimiami]

1. Spontaneous ammo combustion. Nothing to see here either.

[yagotme]

2. "Heat". Riiiiggghhhhttt.

Takes more than a hot shed to set off small arms ammo.

[mitch96]

3. I wonder if it was a "Lucky Strike"combustion???

[3Hotdogs]

5. Yeah, they don't make them ammos like they use'ta.