Explosions in Pugachevo do not stop. From a dangerous village, people are urgently evacuated. About PE became known today, May 16, in the afternoon. The first thing from the danger zone was taken by two thousand people. Then, away from the scene, staff and resting children of the sanatorium were sent, which is located only ten kilometers from the village. It is known that the fire at the testing ground began trite: from the ignition of dry grass. Then detonated shells. Although initially in the local department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations stated that nothing terrible is happening. Now a powerful flame is raging, inexorably spreading to neighboring sites. In the fire blockade 20 hectares of land are enclosed, the entire territory is covered with thick, multicolored smoke. "We hear rumblings, very powerful smoke. And every minute two or three there are some explosions.

The smoke is blue-pink, "- complained local resident Galina correspondent" REN TV ". Fortunately, there are no victims. At the scene of the incident, rescuers. There followed by two firefighters. If necessary, fire fighters will use air equipment, which is already in "full combat readiness". This is Be-200 amphibian aircraft and Mi-8 helicopter.

The situation will be personally monitored by the head of the republican government, who has already gone to the explosive region. It is known that the movement along the M7 "Volga" route from Malaya Purga to Izhevsk is limited. On the fact of the explosion at the test site, the Udmurtia prosecutor's office began checking. By the way, in the same place seven years earlier they had already extinguished such a fire. Then the fire was covered by an active ammunition depot. There were numerous victims, one person was killed. 28 thousand were saved thanks to evacuation.