KIEV, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out on Friday at an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army in the conflict-hit eastern Donetsk region and caused evacuation of 30 people living in a nearby village, the National Police said.
Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that the blaze started at about 3:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) at a depot near the village of Novoyanysol, resulting in the detonation of ammunition stored in the warehouse.
Local police said that as of 6:00 p.m. local time, the detonation of the ammunition has been stopped.
According to preliminary data, the fire has caused no casualties.
Initial reports suggested that the fire may have been caused by an arson of the nearby farmland field. Further investigation into the fire was underway.
In March, a fire and subsequent detonation of the ammunition struck a military warehouse in Ukraine's eastern Kharkov region, killing two people and causing an economic damage of an estimated 1 billion U.S. dollars.
