About five hundred employees of the national guard of Ukraine has cordoned off the area around the tank farm, which is burning near Kiev, said on Tuesday the head adviser of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.

The fire at the oil depot "BRSM-oil" in the village Cracki Kiev region erupted on the evening of the first day of the week. Adjusted data, as a result of state of emergency 1 citizen died, 14 were damaged. Residents are evacuated from a two-zone fire. The smoke from the fire is visible even from Kiev. Rescuers stopped the spread of fire, not letting the fire spread to the forest, said first press-service gschs of Ukraine.

"The task of the National guard to seal off the area around the crash site in order to prevent the entrance or approach of the Locals or just onlookers. In the process another possible explosions, fragments have the opportunity to fly a few hundred meters. For this reason, the Task is to prevent damage civilians, " - said Gerashchenko in the comments ".

according to him, the place of the accident there are About five hundred employees of the national guard.

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