Explosions at a
Russian military storage site in Siberia set off fires, injured at least four people and prompted widespread evacuations of residents in the surrounding area Monday, authorities said.
Emergency personnel were evacuating residents within 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) of the blast site in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, "to ensure the security of the population of the settlements located near the depots," local authorities said.
The state-run TASS news agency quoted an anonymous source saying the ammunition dump held up to 40,000 artillery shells for tank guns.