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"Lens effect" caused explosions at munitions warehouse on August 18 - Belgorod region governor claims

23 August, 2022 Tuesday
23:19

Earlier in August a Russian munitions depot was on fire, and shells self-ignited due to the sunny weather

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The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported this on Telegram.

"As a result of the sunny weather (the lens effect worked), ammunition spontaneously ignited in the area of ​​the village of Tymonovo, which the sappers did not have time to defuse", he explained.

According to him, no one was injured. For security reasons, the head of the Valuysky District evacuated the residents of Tymonovo to the "Krasnaya Polyana" sanatorium, and some of the villagers left with their relatives to other settlements.

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