Watch Massive Ammunitions Explosion Light Up Russia’s Skies
- Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:45pm by
Billy Hallowell
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At least two people are dead and 57 are injured after an ammunitions depot was consumed by flames in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. The fire and resulting explosions led officials to evacuate 28,000 people who lived within 6.2 miles of the disaster site.
This is the second time, in recent days, that fires have ravaged Russia’s ammo supply. On Thursday, a similar incident occurred at a Russian army arsenal, resulting in massive damage. The latest accident involves a depot that stores artillery shells and gun cartridges (unfortunately, these items were stored inside of highly-flammable wooden barrels).
But, not all was lost. Some of the munitions were stored in concrete and were unaffected by the blaze. As a result, Col. Roman Dmitriev, spokesman for the Russian Military Prosecutor’s Office, expressed his relief, saying, “Thank God, not everything exploded.”
The cause of the fire is currently being investigated. The Voice of Russia, on a much cooler note, claims that fire-fighting robots are working at the scene. Below, watch the blasts light up the sky like fireworks on the 4th of July:
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Comments (52)
brntout
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 10:04amda da da dum….. Putin on the Fritz
Report Post »liberalsarealiens
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 5:48amNew weapon? Or accident? We will probably never know!
Report Post »freightliner1160
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 4:38amAnd last in the news tonight. The passing of Michael Moore last night. After eating at a local Taco Bell, Mike accepted a fart lighting challange. He won. His last words was reported as saying “Hey watch this”.
Report Post »GaGirl35
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 2:22amWell, obviously they are not being truthful…..banning abortion…obviously to increase the amount of their population…they can have the immigrants that are trying to jump the border…..they may chop them up and bury them, there’s an idea and a solution….and well, deal them all drugs and start a cartel and drug czar over there and take over and have al-queda and taliban just deal their black tar herion to them…they could just all get rich over there and fight each other, but eventually wouldn’t work out too well for us, unless they got all of china hooked on drugs. But they would have to give the drugs to them because they can’t afford the drugs.
Oh wow, talk about distractions….yeah I think the US or the Brittish had their hands in this one. I don’t think Russia is about killing their people off right now…..then again I do believe our government is possibly about to try to do that to us, so we’ll see. They are all in a rat race for their seats beside the devil…the winners get to rule beside him for a second and then Jesus shows up and you all should know the rest. The devil still thinks he can win and this puppets think he can too, even though they all know the word of God they think they can out smart God….poor them. Say a prayer for everyone (especially your enemies). Okay….God bless.
Report Post »Alexandra1214
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 1:37amDoes anyone wonder …. I know I am wondering …. because having grown up with a Dad in the Navy who’s job was printing and reprinting negatives/photos of all the testing of Atomic Bombs that we were working on out in Bikini Island and in the Arizona Desert … The plums on that “oopsy daisy” ammunitions dump look way too close to all those Photos that we still have at home …. just sayin ….Anyone else think …. maybe old nukes??
Report Post »GaGirl35
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 2:23amlooked like a mushroom cloud to me!
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:23pmwow secomd explosion in a couplr days
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:18pmI hope it was one of those reacters their building for Iran !
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:04pmOK, no more bullets or bombs for Russia.
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:51pmPass the marshmallows
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:57pmoops! I’d say the price of Tula ammo just went up.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:56pmWell at least their explosives work that is probably the only thing that does, got to work on the timing thing though!
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:48pmMr. Creosote?
Report Post »ares338
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:40pmShould never have left comrade Curly in charge!
Report Post »roostercogburn
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:32pmBut was it an accident??
Report Post »bigpatrick87
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:27pmman they keep capturing me farting on camera. anybody know where a guy can get privacy? bc apparently siberia isnt remote enough anymore. lol one thousand times
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:22pmThis will be ahh, rather odd, if this starts happening in say, China as well.
Report Post »Looks like I had better go stock up on some 7.62×39′s before the price, explodes, pardon the pun, I couldn’t help it.
TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:59pmStick with 9mm, and carbines for your long gun.
Report Post »USAFRetired
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:21pmWhat you didn’t hear was…
Hey Vladimir, watch this!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:29pmWe do have stealth cruise missiles!…
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:11pmThis is common in Russia and other Countries.As a former USAF Munitions System Specialist (AFSC 461/”AMMO!”),I have heard a lot about incidents like these.We have such strict rules to follow in the USAF that things like this would be very rare in the U.S. or any of our Munitions Storage Areas (MSA) around the world.Our largest facility is in Okinawa Japan,Kadena AirBase.(My first duty assignment.) It may be the Vodka or someone smoking where they should not???
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:04pmAmmo stored in wooden containers? Thank God not everything exploded? And what would everything be? Why is there an ammo depot in the middle of no where?
Why can’t this crap happen in D.C? Use any phony excuse you like. Planes, trains, saucers. As long as it has the similar affect.
Hope this wasn’t a bio-lab with mutating bacteria that could get lose. O, that has already happened.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:15pmAmmo depots are for the most part, in remote areas or away from populated areas.There is a Quantity/Distance rule. The more the quantity of munitions the farther the distance from a populated area.
Report Post »Zenonic The Great
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:00pmIn russia, road forks you!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:25pmROTFLMAO! Good one!
Report Post »Zenonic The Great
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:59pmBoom Goes the dynamite
Report Post »OneofMany
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:57pmHeck that looks like Camp Pendleton Marine Base on any given night… Ok, I’m exaggerating…but living next to Camp Pendleton you feel the windows shake and the doors shake on a VERY REGULAR basis from the bombs getting dropped a few miles away from us. Sometimes in the summer, they shoot up the phosphorus para-shoots to light up the night sky for training and boy does it ever light it up..
One summer, I really got freaked out because I saw something in the sky I’d never seen before… found out later it was a test cruise missile over the coast… That was HUGE…
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:50pmPut down the Vodka!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:47pmThis gives a whole new meaning to a ‘Russian Fireworks Display.”
Report Post »dr.picapoi
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:27pmDoes Russia have a fourth of July????
Report Post »redyanqui
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:35pmMay 9th. Victory day when the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:37pmcinco de mayo
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 12:09amYes DR. we all have a 4th of July just some of us celebrate it.. hehe..
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:47pmOopsie daisy.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:54pmThat actually wasn’t an ammo depot… it was an industrial accident where Nancy Pelosi was getting a facial.
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KickinBack
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 4:54pm“Thank God, not everything exploded.”
Well it sure looked like it to me.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:14pmsomeone didn’t see the sign “ NO SMOKING ”……
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:16pmAre you sure that was not Michael Moore after the “all-you-can-eat” buffet at Barts Boston Beanery?
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:35pmThis will contribute to global warming.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:27pmFIRST: I’ve read two reports, one said it was an ammunition manufacturing plant the other said it was an ammunition depot. Strategically speaking, this is a very critical point that needs to be cleared up.
Report Post »NEXT:
This happens once in a year, it’s an accident.
This happens twice in a year, maybe it’s an accident.
This happens twice in the same week, it is NOT an accident. I don’t believe in that kind of coincidence, and trust me, neither should you.
A world power is insuring that Russian munitions will not make it to the battlefield of a Russian benefactor. I think Iran’s progress to produce a nuclear weapon is going to be set back a couple dozen years, and VERY soon…like the strike pilots are already preparing for the sortie, possibly already running through their pre-flight takeoff checklists.
Also…
The fire has interrupted the flow of oil along a nearby pipeline.
Convenient, two birds with one espionage mission?
avenger
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:49pmI think putin is destroying ammo accessible to revolutionaries that may want to get rid of comrade putin…clever old bastard…
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:49pm@KEVININTAMPA
I agree with your assessment of of covert action but would differ with you on the source. I would surmise Chechen Muslims. Remember the grade school they overran several years ago? What never got reported by the western media is why the russians went in so hard. The “muj” were raping and killing the children, boys and girls, and chucking the bodiesw out the windows. All in the name of Allah, ’cause you know, he and Mo love nothing more than the raping and killing of children. The civilized world will be at war with these animals until they are exterminated. There is no moderate Islam. Read the damn Koran yourself and you will see.
CHIVALRY–NOT ALL GIRLS LIKE IT. JUST THE ONES WORTH DYING FOR.
Report Post »dancing bear
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 7:26pmI dont know why people think its so funny . If they can’t keep an eye on that stuff how are they going to controll 100 meg thermo nuc stockpile.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 9:43pmHey, the 4th of July is next month, but thanks for the early display. Very sorry to hear about the dead & injured.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:34pmI wouldn’t put it past the Red Army for staging this event to dispose of OLD stocks. Then use it as an excuse to ramp up production.
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:38pmIf you look carefully you can see satan in the cloud of smoke. ;)
Maybe it’s 4th of July for the ruskies.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 12:44am“(unfortunately, these items were stored inside of highly-flammable wooden barrels)”
I don’t know why that would be a issue. My uncle Igor stores all his ammo in cardboard boxes underneath the welding table in his shop and he hasn’t had any problems so far.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 1:00amI can see it now in another galaxy, far, far away:
(Obi wan: “Blasters, such ineligent devices, oh master Yoda…about that popcorn you wished to have with the movie tonight…there has developed a complication, from a certain point of view…”
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 8:02amWell that’s interesting! Who is behind the camera? Timing is perfect–horizon night sky then explosion. What? Someone in highrise just filming the city perhaps? Centered right there where the explosions happens, camera is steady on close up so on tripod. Hmmmmm. Too perfect.
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