In the Russian city of Belgorod, late on Thursday evening, April 20, an explosion was heard, as a result of which a huge funnel formed at the intersection of one of the central streets. The Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed the information that was actively disseminated by local publics, but did not name the reasons for the incident..

According to him, the radius of the funnel is 20 meters - that is, 40 meters in diameter.. Gladkov also spoke about damage to windows in a nearby apartment building and several cars and fallen power line poles due to the blast wave..

The governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation assured that, according to preliminary information, there were no victims.

Rescuers are on the scene now..

At the same time, photos and videos with a huge funnel and other consequences of the incident have already scattered on social networks.. According to one of the Telegram channels, the explosion was so powerful that one of the cars was thrown onto the roof of the Pyaterochka supermarket nearby.. The public also writes about the allegedly damaged part of the house, the fragments of the shell found and the whistle that was heard before the explosion..