Explosion at Russian arms depot injures at least five in third blast in a week

RUSSIA has been rocked by another colossal explosion - just 24 hours after another blast at a different location was linked to a surge in radiation levels.

A shocking video shows a biblical explosion in Kamenka with reports of firefighter flocking to the scene where shrapnel and debris rained down on residents. The post showing the explosion read: “Around 19:25 on 9/8/2019 a new powerful explosion occurred in Kamenka. Fast and fire trucks drove from Achinsk to Kamenka. On the highway # Achinsk - # Nazarovo, the cars were damaged by shrapnel. No casualties reported.” Kamenka is located west in Russia.

A minimum of five people have been injured by the three blasts in total.

The explosion is the third in a week and follows the emergency lockdown of a Russian military base.

This lasted a whole month.


A shocking video shows a biblical explosion in Kamenka (Image: TWITTER)


The explosion was captured on social media (Image: TWITTER)

The Kremlin have confirmed the “rocket engine explosion” killed two people and injured six. There are mounting concerns that the explosion took place during the testing of a new nuclear missile.

Local people were reportedly urged to take precautions against radiation.

Adding to the fears, the Archangelsk base where the explosion took place has since been placed on emergency lockdown, with the nearby White Sea also closed.

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A Russian expert told the BBC that the Russian Ministry of Defence has refused to disclose the details behind the mysterious lockdown of the base.

Dr Mark Galeotti said the incident was “clearly a bigger issue than the Russians are letting on”.

While the Ministry of Defence has rejected claims of a radiation leak, city officials in nearby Severodvinsk reported a radiation spike between 11:50 and 12:30 before falling and normalising by 14:00.

Dr Galeotti said: “This depot seems to have been used for the testing of one of Russia’s new liquid-propelled nuclear missiles - it is a highly secretive.

“The official response from the Defence Ministry has been ‘nothing to see here, no spike in radiation, no leak in radiation’.

“All we seem to know is the number of dead and injured, and that it was a rocket test. The rest is gossip."


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Two other explosions happened this week in Russia (Image: NC)

The Russian expert added: “They have closed off a large swath of the adjoining White Sea to shipping for a month.

“Despite what the Kremlin have said, there must have been some sort of radiation leak - and they want people to not just stay out of harm’s way, but also don’t want people coming to the site with Geiger Counters.

"The Defence Ministry is trying to play this down. It is clearly a bigger issue than they are letting on."

The other explosion happened in Krasnoyarsk and saw eight people injured and a Russian solider killed, according to former Soviet Union news agency TASS.

The base that saw the explosion is called Rusal and is the world's largest aluminium producer outside China.