Military Prosecutor: to the fire in Svatovo cited the negligence of the authorities

The cause of a large fire at a munitions depot in Svatovo Luhansk region was the negligence of officials, said Tuesday the chief military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios on air of TV channel " ".

A fire at a munitions depot in Kiev-controlled Svatovo with the subsequent detonation of the shells broke out on October 29. Explosions were heard all night, and only on the last working day of the week, October 30, firefighters were able to begin extinguishing the fire. By Friday evening, Luhansk military-civil administration announced the destruction of the fire and the explosions stop. In the end the state of emergency four persons were killed and 16 were damaged.

"The cause of the fire at a munitions depot in Svatovo was the negligence of officers, such as chief of staff. This office negligence of officials ", - said Matios.

He also said that the suspicion about negligent attitude To military service that led To grave consequences during the special period, presented to the mayor, at that time acting chief of warehouses.


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