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Over 60 people ask for medical aid due to smoke from arms depot in Chernihiv region

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Oct. 9, 2018 at 12:29 pm

Smoke rises after a fire and explosions hit the Ukrainian Defence Ministry ammunition depot in the eastern Chernihiv region on Oct. 9.

Photo by Vlad Musiienko

Some 63 people have applied for medical help in connection with the smoke caused by a fire because of the detonation of ammunition at the sixth arms arsenal of the Defense Ministry near the town of Druzhba (Ichnia district, Chernihiv region), Chernihiv Regional State Administration has said.

“Some 63 people have asked for medical help due to poor state of health because of smoke,” according to the report posted on the administration’s website.