The area of ??the fire is about 50 hectares.

This information was confirmed to the "MediaPort" by the mayor of the city Lozovaya Sergey Zelensky.

According to him, the grass began to burn on Sunday about 17. 00, the situation is under control, there are no threats to people's lives. The solitary claps that Lozovaya residents could hear, in all probability, are "rounds of cartridges" left in some places after the disposal of ammunition from the military unit.

"These are single rounds of ammunition. Yes, the territory of the arsenal, - said the mayor of the city. - They are about to extinguish.

Nothing represents a threat to life. The fire was almost eliminated. The territory is about 50 hectares ».

TRC "Lozova" There were no explosions on the territory of the unit, Dmitry Gorbunov, the head of the regional media center of the Ministry of Defense, assured at the same time. "Nothing of the territory of the part did not explode, perhaps it is beyond," said Gorbunov.

In 2008, at the arsenal in Lozovaya, a fire broke out. The territory was cleared for a few more years.